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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could be OP’s wife. There is a fascist zeitgeist sweeping America and it’s scary as hell. It’s tapping into macho masculinity, white supremacy, Christian evangelicals, militarism and will bring about the ruin of our great democracy via known propaganda tactics. Totalitarianism is coming unless we stop it. This is why your wife seems crazy. You don’t see the signs.
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You're looking at America through a fun house mirror. The signs are there, but they are distorted and amplified by social media and cable news. Also, fretting endlessly to your husband isn't likely to do any good.  [/quote]

This is true.

But even if PP is right, how does it help the situation to rant at her husband and son that "men suck." This kills me about the progressive DC crowd, of which I'm a member: it is a circular firing squad. OP is obviously on his wife's side, and frankly, sounds like one of the good guys. [b]Why is she directing all her attention at demoralizing the people around her rather than fighting back against the REALLY BAD people out there[/b], some of whom are high level, important government officials and business leaders. I can see why OP is tired of it; the good guys hate what's happening too.

Plus, it's just intellectually lazy.[/quote]

I think the bolded is something all of us struggle with in one way or another. The people around us are, by definition, close. The bad people are probably remote and may be just abstractions as far as day to day life goes. The anxiety is like a free floating charge looking for any kind of lightning rod. That anxiety has to be discharged somehow. It might not be entirely rational or do a lot of good, [b]but what else are you going to do[/b]? [/quote]

Not tear down the good people. It sounds like OP would be receptive to his wife discussing the myriad ways she feels stepped on by men, but he's (understandably, imo) sick of hearing her trash men in general. Why shoot at the good people? Save it for the bad ones. There are plenty of things she can do. But lazy ranting is not helping anyone and is tearing down the good people and good relationships in her life. [/quote]

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