• protist@mander.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It sounds like your question is not actually about what to get him for Christmas, but instead about how to cope with the situation and maintain a relationship with your son

    • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      This is totally valid. Fascism in this country is on extreme high. Especially in schools and other public places due to how the government uses propaganda at schools and banning everything related to being a good person.

      I don’t know the situation so it’s hard to recommend anything besides education, remember that there human and make mistakes, don’t dictate but strongly suggest ways that what there learning is fundamentally wrong. I have no kids. But whatever happens remember there human. And being accepting and loving can go a long way.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    2 months ago
    • subscription to Brilliant
    • museum card (go with him)
    • trip abroad
    • night out to stand up comedy
    • tickets to an anime convention
    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      To be honest brilliant seemed so cool to me like 7 years ago and I got a subscription and found that I basically learnt nothing from it even though I spent hundreds of hours.

      It’s good at making you “feel” like you’re learning but it’s pretty bad at actually teaching things.

      A textbook will go so much further.

  • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    First question: when you use the terms “liberal” and “fascist” do you mean them in their original sense or as they are currently employed in US English?

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m a millenial but one of my most conservative friends has parents who are total left wing hippies. Sometimes kids end up rebelling or defining themselves in opposition to certain aspects of their family members.

    • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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      2 months ago

      And sometimes, kids get less conservative with age. I did a u-turn in my mid-20s and am probably the furthest left in all of my family.

  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    unironically, some books on philosophy and more broad political sciences.

    Assuming he isn’t the stupidest person in the room at any given time, some good reading on philosophy and sociological structures (politics) will be interesting.

    Don’t ask me for recommendations, there are better places to go, and im sure a few people here will have good recommendations.

    education is the single biggest thing preventing people from being more educated, funny how that works really.

  • masquenox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’d suggest NOT giving him more liberalism, since that has already demonstrated the predictable outcome.

  • Kayday@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    As a lefty who received “gifts” from her conservative parents, let me suggest giving the gift separate from a major holiday. Something I wish my parents had done that could work as a gift of sorts for you would be to take your son out for coffee or breakfast. Nothing fancy, preferably not busy. Talk to them about why they think what they do. Don’t combat them, just try to understand. Ask them if they would be comfortable talking more after you’ve had time to think about what they said.

    “Hey [child’s name], you know that we have strong beliefs about certain subjects. We feel we have good reasons to believe the things we do, but there are smart people in the world who disagree with us. You are a smart kid, and that is reflected in the way you look for answers to problems that the way you have been brought up to think hasn’t offered a solution for. It would mean the world to your mom and I to know out son better, what are some things you’ve thought deeply about recently?”

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Well, I guess it’s time to choose between

    • The childish notion that everyone you disagree with is a fascist
    • Your relationship with your son

    I really, really hope you’ve got the guts to admit you’ve been juicing on hyperbole.

  • Philosofuel@futurology.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I would say, a good conversation. Listen to him, ask question, don’t be too judgemental (and that can be hard). But also accept, that for a big part, you can’t form/force his way of thinking. In the end he has to find his own way in life.

  • superkret@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Why is his political opinion important for a Christmas present? Just give him something he’d like.