People on the left enjoy the virtue signal of a good shunning. They are way more likely to break off relationships over politics.
It broke my heart how cousins I played with for years and were so close with, literally lost their minds. But it was the best decision we ever made, especially given what hot messes are several of their own children are now. I pray for them. But lost.
It’s just another sign of the eventual return of Christ. Our love for one another is growing cold. It is seeping into families more and more.
I’ve listened to more than enough lies, filth, and venom. I cut the relationship off. Life is much more pleasant.
A large collection of classmates meet on FB. When the leftists become insufferable, I snooze them for 30 days. The ones that cannot stand my MAGA stance, block me. There is a palpable difference between the two: I want to remain friends as much as possible, they want to remain revolutionaries as much as possible.
I refuse to allow my leftist nieces to break off communication. I tell them that I disagree with them, believe in and love Trump fervently, and that I love them, too. Whether they will or not.
Heard recently from my conservative niece that she was listening to a sister rant but the sister kept adding in that she loved her, so I think I had some effect on the ranter.
Both. We are nicer people but we have no obligation to allow evil into our lives.
I’ve stopped communicating with out of control leftists to save my sanity. No fuss or muss, just radio silence. You can’t talk to or reason with the willfuly blind and ignorant.
And leftists have left me after telling me how I’m stupid and racist, etc.
I don’t believe it’s worthy of scorekeeping, though.
Just keep praying for them.
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About 2/3 of my family is conservative. The other 1/3 is liberal. But it’s the old-fashioned, Harry Truman style liberal. Not the AOC commie style liberal.
Anyway, one side will never convince the other. That can only lead to hard feelings among good people. So it’s my job at family gatherings to deflect any such attempt.
Liberal: “I think Trump is out of control.”
Me: “I played the Power Ball last week. Missed a payout by one number!”
Does that work? Yes it does. But then again, in my family no one on either political side is totally insane.
The Administrative state has imposed its will on so many areas, it is difficult to have a conversation with someone on the left without offending them. Cars? Even food, it gets to price really quickly. You basically have to agree with them or they are offended. You can exchange how the families are doing, fine and that is the extent of it. Then you just sit and listen, try not to act bored, keep your mouth shut, and try not to look at the clock too much.
In my personal experience, it is the “peaceful/loving/tolerant/inclusive/virtuous”
libtarded hypocrites who shun the other. I don’t mind one bit.
All families are different.
Lots aren’t made up of nice people.
So don’t paint too broadly with the “But, they’re the only family you’ll ever have” crapola.
Lots of shiiitey people, in lots of families, need to be completely ignored, avoided and disregarded.
Watching the latest clips from LA reinforces that idea.
My friends and relatives on the right tend to respond to such infantile temper tantrums with, "Okay. Whatever. Bye."
My observation is that young leftists are more likely to cut off older conservative relatives. Social media encourages this.
Older people know better and simply have better manners. We are also less inclined to shun our own liberal children because we know that they will likely grow out of their stupidity as they too become parents and age.
What I’ve learned from my blue dog democrat mother-in-law who has 80% conservative children including my husband is to bite my lip and change the subject graciously. They aren’t really liberals, they’re old, unpolitical, uninformed and were raised Democrat by FDR worshipping parents. But we have great family reunions and there are a bazillion other things to talk about.
Currently 3 of my 4 kids are liberal idiots, but the oldest daughter is starting to change and her husband is newly conservative after the Biden interregnum. It was just too much crazy for him. If they become parents, the change will happen faster.
The son has never been liberal, like many male zoomers, he rejected the feminist bullshit that tickled his sisters’ ears.
Eventually, the younger girls will figure out they’ve been sold a pig in a poke. In the meantime, we just insist on good manners and being polite.
My brother is a flaming liberal. Everyone else in the family is conservative. My brother has basically cut off contact with us. One major problem is that, like most liberals, he cannot make coherent arguments for his case. He just gets mad. He can’t because some part of his brain is telling him that what he believes is wrong, but another part won’t admit it.
Example: I was at his house one time and he had the book “Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot” on his coffee table. I picked it up, opened it to a random page, and what was printed on that page was flat out, indisputably wrong. I told my brother that, and his immediate response was, “I don’t want to talk about it”.