I think of my family as overall very good humans. I’d find a way longer list of flaws in myself.

However, as I grow older and maybe given the fact that I spend almost all day studying things, I am becoming rather intolerant to what seems to me very narrow minded views of many important topics:

  • which sources of information they consult
  • how they extrapolate from single events to all humans
  • how easily they discriminate others, different from them
  • how lazy they are to read anything longer than a tweet, etc.

I understand also that:

  • parents they grow older and so on,
  • plus the fact that they didn’t have either internet,
  • or maybe travel so much,

and may hold opinions that are almost racist, or very exclusive, or have hatred for some minorities and so on.

I wonder if others have this kind doubt / problem / struggle as well, and how do you deal with it, other than just ignoring it.

  • HVP2019@alien.top
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t stress about it because one thing I know for sure: this phenomena was happening for generations before mine and I am absolutely certain it will continue to happen after me.

    I am trying to treat opinions and ways of my parents and my children with as much respect and civility as I can muster.