TattooedDaughter, 10/07/24

Jen,

Your film was cathartic to say the least. My dad was a Vietnam Vet who did not end up believing in the war and actually drew subversive cartoons while there for the military paper since he was an artist. I was not raised to think the government had anything to do with the faith in Jesus our family adhered to.

I don't even remember my parents watching new growing up. When my dad talked about the government, it was always to be questioned and he raised me to think for myself, not blindly follow anything. When I was in college (late 90's) I saw a huge shift.

Maybe due to news outlets coming out and maybe due to my parents having time at home alone more, and the churches they attended shifting,but every year when I came home on break, he seemed more and more entrenched in radical Christian National beliefs. Sadly, it has become even more this way every year since. When my mom passed, he married not only a Nationalist but also a white supremacist who is a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy and my dad voted for Trump.

I told him no man with daughters, especially a Christian man, can vote for Trump and excuse it. He voted solely on abortion he said. I bring up, "When does a life stop mattering? what with the death penalty and all that Evangelicals are for?"

He has no answer. I have quit arguing with him Jen. With all the other family trauma we had to reckon with, his Christian Nationalsim was the middle finger to us. My sister's husband is Black for God's sake. Anyway, all this to say, you're not alone.

My dad's brain was hijacked and so was any hope we had of continuing to try to be family. My sister and I have left him to his new wife and Supremacist family in SC. That is where he wants to be.... Keep making great docs that help people feel seen. Know that you're not alone. Best, TattooedDaugher (TattooedDaughter.wordpress.com)