My aunt and uncle, who are center-liberals in their 70s, have been gradually “exposing” themselves to more “vulgar” types of media and it’s so interesting.
My 74-year-old aunt was telling me about how she REALLY loves the show “The Bear.” That surprised the hell out of me, hearing that my aunt who gasps and clutches her pearls at anything that could offend the Good Lord would watch that show out of any.
“I don’t ‘understand how ANYONE could handle that many F-bombs, it’s too much! I had to force myself through the first episode! But after that, I realized that the cussing is an accurate depiction of their environment and it adds to the show! It’s my favorite show now!”
They’ve both been trying to become more open minded in general lately – just a couple of weeks ago, my other uncle (my aunt’s younger brother) turned their entire view of Israel around in less than an hour. They’re fully accepting of gay and trans people, unlike they were about a decade ago. Things like that.
I just always kinda worried that I’d never see them get to this point, y'know? And here they are near the ends of their lives, turning their whole world views around.
Never stop believing that people can change.