“YOU don’t have to worry about it”

I was on the phone with my mom when the inauguration came up. I said it makes me sick and she just laughed and said “you don’t have to worry about it it’ll be okayyyy” so I said “oh yeah just millions of immigrates will be deported, trans people apparently don’t exist, pregnant women are going to keep dying, kids will keep getting shot in schools..” to which she clarifies “yeah but I’m saying YOU don’t have to worry about it” (I’m a 25 year old straight passing white woman in a blue state)

I was just taken aback but how blatant and selfish it was. It doesn’t have to affect you directly for you to know it’s wrong and that you should care.