askchapo

So I felt like its time for this thread.

As a disclaimer . Im black , bisexual and schizophrenic

I got a bunch of friends and acquaintances. One of them..lets call him Jack.(he is white).. and me get along well enough. We only know each other online, dont even remember how we met tbh, but we go back like I think I’ve known him since 2016 or 2017 or something like that.

I know what he looks like and which state he lives in, but thats pretty much it.

Anyway, Jack and me talk almost daily, mostly about anime and gaming. He lives with his grandparents who he takes care of, has a cat he really seems to love. Also smokes a ton of weed, like daily I think. He’s older than me and I like him (platonically, as a buddy obviously).

Here’s the thing tho. He’s American. Yes, really XD

Not saying all Americans are bad or whatever, but I’m almost sure Jack’s got brainworms. Like, a lot.

Not saying hes a fascist or something. If I had to guess I’d say he’s some weird libertarian type? Like he’s said before he doesn’t like Trump and once talked about how fucked up stuff is for Black people in the US. But he’s also not into liberal politics (probably for bad reasons) and super sceptical of mainstream media... which ok, fair.

But like how the fuck do I even talk to someone like that in good faith? How do you try and push them into a healthier direction.

I’m not tryna turn him into a theory reading communist or whatever, but the lil bit of politics I have picked up from our convos seemed very conspiracy brained. It would probably be easier if he was just like, an MSNBC lib lmao.

Any input and tips welcome. I will say our daily chats help me generally speaking. It helps me with my schizophrenia to have someone to talk to on a basically daily basis. I have other friends (some which have much better politics) but they are usually pretty busy and not always available.

If possible I dont want to cut him out of my life.

One last thing. Jack does seem to think highly of me and probably values our relationship quite a bit