My son has gone on the march

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Hi, have been on here years but only lurk, don’t post. But today is the day.
I am in bits. My 22yr old DS is in London on this march. I am shaking and utterly appalled. We differ on politics massively and have done for some time. I work in education, have travelled and am bit of a lefty hippy but to be honest it’s becoming more about values and morals. He is fully immersed in the manosphere algorithm and I’ve always thought he is exploring himself and things and have chats about why he has the opinions he does and try and understand his point of view. I try not to belittle him but try and get him to critically think about things.
But this I can’t deal with. I am so upset that my son has gone to this, and that it is something that is so far away from me and my values, something that I thought I had instilled in him as well.
I am totally aware that it’s triggered embarrassment but that is my issue and I’m not putting that on him. He is still my son and I love him and his passion and interest in the world, just in something I believe is so wrong and makes me sad.
Please talk some sense into me.

You can't have it both ways,.

So you don't want them contributing to the 'pot' then? Not sure why you were complaining about it.

Yep, this ^. Unfortunately people always kick downwards when times are tough.

Just watched a live video from London and surprise, surprise it's the lefties causing trouble and currently has the most policing.

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that is just your particular feed

Of course they can but that shouldn’t preclude the ability to understand that others may hold different opinions and that they may be equally valid.

It is a trait of many left leaning types to think their views are in some way sacrosanct.

It was ever thus. Young people have different tastes and opinions to their parents!

50 years ago it was about rock and roll and drugs.

Now that today’s parents are fine with that cos that’s what they were doing when they were young, our young people have naturally found something else to horrify the older generation- whether it’s right wing politics on the one hand or trans rights and the idea that you can become a woman by identifying as one, on the other.

Since when has having fast wi-fi or feeding your child Chicken Nuggets been a human right ??

Nothing new under the sun is there....

Your views are so depressing.

Not that one again

Is that really the only example you can come up with

I was asking a particular poster. Several times. They have yet to reply.

Your reply suggests that you believe every Muslim immigrant is an extremist. Which is, obviously, not true.

Why not - it's true !

I feel so sorry for you OP. I had a similar problem with my mother during Brexit. She was passionately pro, and I was against. I found it very difficult to speak to her after she had "won", becuase I feared the consequences of the decision and what it would do to divide our country and our continent. I felt sick and betrayed.

After a couple of days cooling off after the result, I decided simply never to discuss it, and nearly 9 years on that has worked well. We used to watch the news together, but now I make excuses not to, or change the subject and try not to get drawn into any ranting (hers, or mine!).

I have accepted that her views will never change and she's entitled to hold them. Conversely, I am entitled to disagree and not to have to listen, or to engage when the subject comes up. This works really well.

With time, I hope you can come to a similar arrangement!

That’s your serious reply?

'Free Speech' - but only for those you agree with.

Let the gaslighting commence.

im glad your sons gone on the March, fair play to him 👏 👏 👏 I saw the crowd, good turn out. 🎉

Live feeds don't lie 😂😂

Well you could, because she did.
Nobody is saying only Palestinians should live in Gaza, just that those living there shouldn’t be starved and bombed out of existence.
And nobody is advocating for open borders in Britain.

I don't think people are denying that. I think the majority of people would like to see it controlled rather than letting thousands come in a short space of time, when we don't have the housing or other infrastructure to cope.

😁

I do find the 'protecting women and girls' thing a bit tricky. Yes, of course females are more vulnerable from sexual attacks. I find it bloody annoying that men are being called on to do the protecting. It makes women seem weak and unable to protect themselves (which they may find hard to do, of course, from a physical point of view). I don't want to be protected by a big, strong man. I want men to stop blooming doing it in the first place. I am no more fearful of an attack from an asylum seeker than I am from any man.

What did the Romans ever do for us?🤣🤣🤣🤣.
I'd think you'd know that line.

Oh dear Katie Hopkins is there....