Eric Benson

Dad. Drums. DIY.

[The Real GOP 🇺🇸 @TheRealGOP]

Minnesota under Tim and Peggy.

[Liberty4All @LibertyUSA37]

Why has the cost of electricity almost doubled in the past 6 years?

[A.J. Lagoe @AJInvestigates]

Hidden $25 million? Private jets. Designer clothes. Fendi Jenga.
A stunning new twist in the massive Medicaid fraud case we’ve been investigating:
https://t.co/LVk9lvfbUI

[Nathan Hansen @nathanmhansen]

This is sick. Amy Klobuchar needs to either disavow the story or issue a public apology. Call Amy’s office and tell her this is not ok.

[Eric Benson @ericbenson]

@dkmitc @bot I had it create Gmail scripts that ran directly on the google servers to avoid my own token consumption

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

Islam—a worldview that allows men to murder their children.

Feminism—a worldview that allows women to murder their children.

Can I interest you in Christianity—a worldview in which parents protect and nurture their children instead?

[Carl Benjamin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Sargon_of_Akkad]

I will no longer be debating Lindsay Clancy supporters. I will just be posting this video in reply to any of them.

[Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen]

This is the most heartbreaking thing you will read. Those of you peddling conspiracies about this case and baselessly blaming Patrick are actual ghouls.

[Ginger @HandyGingerGal]

The kids are going to be alright.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I’ve let my kids stay up late the last two nights so we could play board games. On Saturday we played Scrabble until it was an hour past their bedtime and then I decided that we’d have ice cream and watch TV for a while. They were thrilled. This time I spent with my kids wasn’t a “sacrifice” or a burden I heroically shouldered for their sake. I like hanging out with them. They’re smart and funny and fun to be around. Sure they can be annoying sometimes, but anyone can be annoying. I’ve annoyed countless people in my day. Including my kids.

If you hate being a parent and actively resent your children, it’s either because you categorically refuse to get out of your own head and put in the minimal effort it requires to develop a real relationship with them, or it’s because you’ve done a really crappy job raising them so now they’re hard to be around. Either way, it’s a you problem. It’s your fault. Not theirs. It’s your responsibility, then, to pretend you don’t hate it.

Yes, pretend. Yes, suppress your true feelings. Yes, put on an act. Maintain the facade for your kids, because it’s deeply scarring and unfair to saddle them with your personal issues. And maintain the facade for the public, because frankly we don’t want to have to deal with your narcissistic nonsense either. Your “true self” is unsightly and off putting, and you shouldn’t force anyone to bear witness to it.

So fake it til you make it. Act like the kind of parent you should be, until you actually become that parent. Shoulder the burden of your own narcissism silently and with dignity. If you do that, after a while, and by definition, you will no longer be a narcissist. One day you’ll look up and realize that you’re actually not faking it anymore. You really do enjoy giving your time and yourself to those you love.

At least that’s how it often works. I don’t know if it will for you or not. But either way, whatever you do, don’t take your failures out on your children.

[Eric Benson @ericbenson]

@MtnDogMan @Nathan_Porter And easily replaceable by advances in AI

[Michael Holmstrom @MichaelH_MN]

“Separation of Church and State” only applies when they can use it as a weapon against Christians.

[Eric Benson @ericbenson]

This is amazing. What a great, Godly coach bringing some truth and perspective to these young men.

[Eric Benson @ericbenson]

@IAmTheKimmel @grok At 34 weeks, what medical condition could put the mom’s life in jeopardy that couldn’t be resolved by simply delivering the baby?

[InspiringPhilosophy - Michael Jones @InspiringPhilos]

Never vote for a political party that celebrates murdering babies. That is all.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I know a film they should watch at this meeting

[Rob Ketterling @robketterling]

Our State is at odds with the Federal Government, I’m grateful that Marco Rubio wants to protect children.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.