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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also find such discussions depressing, plus my wife is so super woke now that[b] I can't help but wonder if her perspective might be different if she wasn't essentially[b] a SAHM able to live off my substantial income for years[/b].[/b] Five minutes per day max of Trump related venting by her and then I leave the room.[/quote]
This is interesting to me.

Why does your wife's work status figure into the equation?  DH and I are both employed people, and are both "super woke now" (not that we weren't somewhat politically active before), as are the majority of my friends who march/donate/volunteer/participate in the political process. [/quote]

I agree with the pp.  What does her being a SAHM have anything to do with her opinions?  Are you saying that only if you work you have the right to be upset and express your opinions?  I hope not![/quote]

NP: If the kids are in school, she has time to devote to reading and volunteering all related to the "being woke"--and she's not tired from working.  That's the difference.  She has spare time to devote to activism (or just constantly reading the news and posting about it) as a hobby.[/quote]

That's ridiculous. Plenty of politically active people are employed. Caring about the world you live in isn't some frivolous hobby for the privileged few.[/quote]

My experience is that people who go to social meidia and compulsively post about politics have no job. Either they have a woeking spouse, lube at home as adults, or have a bunch of roommates and bounce around. They are obsessed. I can't even begin to imagine coming home to that in real life ans not being able to just tune them off. Even if i agree with them fundamentally, they seem mentally ill.[/quote]
You and I have different friends then. :)

I have a lot of very politically engaged and politically active friends who are also very much employed. [/quote]

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