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Trump's World War - Impeachment likely due to CIA or Business links?

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user1481016037 · 13/12/2016 15:27

Who would elect such a reckless individual? My teenager is finding it hard to sleep as they think a nuclear war will soon end all time?
They are really worried about the future since the Americans have upset most of the world by electing Trump?

They are spending huge amounts of time blogging and trolling the news headlines? How do I deal with this as it is leading to school absences and poor sleep?

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Kaija · 13/12/2016 19:00

It may be that you need to step away from the screens, missswatch.

Missswatch · 13/12/2016 18:49

Seen enough videos on YouTube. The camera never lies

Kaija · 13/12/2016 18:43

No kidding.

stumblymonkey · 13/12/2016 18:43

Wow....this thread's brought out some um...interesting opinions

Kaija · 13/12/2016 18:42

Some? So you've concluded from this that feminism is cancer?

Missswatch · 13/12/2016 18:41

Because it is true Kaija. Some SJW's, feminists etc are actually quite racist, sexist, bigoted, intolerant, and homophobic despite preaching how tolerant, progressive and accepting they are

HilarySquilary · 13/12/2016 18:37

I remember being at school at that age, we were all terrified because Ronald Reagan had been voted in. He was considered to be unsuitable because he had been an actor, and a loose cannon. I was terrified he would trigger a nuclear war.

Turns out he was rather a good President in the end.

The hysterical negative press reporting doesn't help at the moment.

Kaija · 13/12/2016 18:36

Why do you think people don't like him because he's gay, missswatch? That's just bizarre.

But if you think feminism is cancer you've obviously got a few more bizarre opinions where that one came from so perhaps not altogether surprising.

Missswatch · 13/12/2016 18:30

People tend not to like him because he is gay. No liberal will admit that though

Btw he is right about feminism

Alfieisnoisy · 13/12/2016 18:29

Exactly what I was saying. Remove the Guardian and put some Katie Hopkins articles in front of him.

Hmm

Yeah because she is SOOOO reliable isn't she.

Kaija · 13/12/2016 18:23

Ah, Milo of "Feminism is Cancer".

You would have to be a long way up the sociopath scale to recommend him to your teenage son.

Missswatch · 13/12/2016 17:52

Get him to read Milo Yiannopoulos instead. Far better than the guardian. There will be no nuclear war due to the inevitability of MAD

DeepanKrispanEven · 13/12/2016 17:52

claig, you told us elsewhere that "I only post on my own threads now". What happened to that?

fourmummy · 13/12/2016 17:48

Please tell him that this fear is nothing new. We were scared witless, when teenagers, by the 'imminent nuclear war with Russia' films, global warming films and all the rest of it in RE lessons (?). Totally irresponsible spinning of impressionable minds. Seriously, do tell him that it happens to every generation depending on who the lobbyists are - we'll be ok. As others have said, it may spur him on to become politically active.

RhuBarbarella · 13/12/2016 15:52

Ban them from reading the Guardian and listening to the BBC
As if that would make the world all sweet and fine. They did not make this situation. Not a fan of their reporting but that's not the issue.
How old is your son? I think one way of dealing is by acting. Fear thrives on a sense of disconnection and powerlessness. Maybe he can connect through a political or environmental cause? Action group or charity?
And no news after dinner, some rules about time spent online if he's so upset.
I was just remembering yesterday that I haven't been this worried since I was a teenager myself.

claig · 13/12/2016 15:46

'until he can find a counter source from a reputable source.'

Exactly what I was saying. Remove the Guardian and put some Katie Hopkins articles in front of him.

claig · 13/12/2016 15:44

' How do I deal with this?'

Ban them from reading the Guardian and listening to the BBC

Foldedtshirt · 13/12/2016 15:33

I was going to answer your thread title with 'here's hoping', but your post is more about your sons reactions rather than Trump's fate.
He needs a sense of proportion- humans have always lived through 'events' some scary and some only understandable in retrospect. Is he politically engaged? Encourage him to read a broadsheet, join a political party and for every 'buzz feed panic' he has refuse to discuss it until he can find a counter source from a reputable source.