I wish I could say the same about my relatives. The only one left that I have any contact with is my sister and her mind is so closed my mere existence irritates her. And we haven’t said one word to each other about politics for ten years when she vehemently said “I don’t want to talk about it anymore.” It’s a shame since many of her views aren’t even liberal views but she has bought into the line that conservatives are evil period.
I’ve got a militant lesbian cousin who runs with her pack. They don’t want anyone talking privately to anyone else who might disagree. Its a matter of protecting the ideology from polluting conservative influence.