36 days to go...
So...I have a neighbor across the street. Nice guy, works in law enforcement, immigrant from a Central American country with a history of unstable governments.
I've known he was a Trump supporter, but we haven't talked about politics for a few years. Yesterday, as we took out our respective garbage, he asks me about the election, and I half-jokingly say, "I will be putting my signs up soon; you better not steal them.."
He replies: "Trump is the best president we ever had."
With that I go on a 5-minute tirade, my voice raising and lowering alternately, finger pointing all the time.
I am not proud.
Still, we joked a few times and we left on a somewhat congenial note.
Later he sends me a couple of videos, one a manipulated Nancy Pelosi video making her appear drunk. I respond with several articles that point out Trump's fascist tendencies, Trump's sexual improprieties and the fact that the Pelosi video is not real.
He responds: "Fake News!" And he threw in a random "George Soros" for good measure. With that, I excused myself from the conversation.
I have no great reveal in this, other that the Fox News vacuum gets to everyone, even those who have seen corrupt governments in their own country.
It's gonna be a long walk home.
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