• Family vs Politics - Did

    From Ron Bell@21:1/242 to Dumas Walker on Sat Nov 29 11:33:19 2025
    I guess I find in question is the nuclear explosion within a family when
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    opinions are open topic conversations and one of the opposing sides push t always make their opinion "my way or the highway" point.

    It is no untold story politics and polarization in the USA after our Novem elections and the overwhelming Win on a candidate. AND, the fury of the opposition over the epic loss.

    The dilemma now is the nuclear waste fallout withing families "DISOWNING"
    ach
    other completely. No communication, total silence and yes, the Holidays w family did not exist.

    So, I guess the real question is simple. Is this appropriate and is this approach to resolve?

    In our family we have one "my way" member. Their side lost this time. Either way, we know not to bring anything up (even the parts of "we" that are on the same side, too) and that is how we deal with it.

    Although we've never made a united decision to do so, we don't open the topic and it usually won't come up.


    * SLMR 2.1a * If worst comes to worst, you *CAN* turn most things off.
    Same here, We don't discuss politics and if the one member in the minority tries to bait us with political tease or whine, we simply ignore him. He eventually either goes home or follows our conversation. It has worked wonders for us.
    Ron,
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