Agree with them on EVERYTHING. Say how the Obamacare website was actually so intelligently built that it was above everyone’s ability to “get it”.
Ask if the turkey being served was free range and humanly slaughtered. (it never will be)
When they mention gay marriage, say you agree and sincerely ask if anyone knows how they do it in the poop hole without getting poop on Mr. Johnson.
Pipe up as to how you cant understand why people are opposing his desire to fight in the side of Al Qeida in Syria. Say you support Al Qeida too.
When they take the bait, don’t give an inch. Be deeply hurt. Explain how the power of their arguments has persuaded you.
After dinner when they ask if you want more tea, ask if they have any cough medicine and skittles so you can make “purple drank”, like Trayvon. You hear it really gets you off.
You might as well have some fun.
PS,, never ever under any circumstances let them know you are faking. This will drive them mental.
thank you both for your suggestions:
one decidedly sane and serious, the other
deliciously cloying and manipulative. lol
i really have reservations about acting out the
“big Lib” persona ‘cause, by now, I’m pretty sure they
know that would be a big lie! i don’t press my
conservativism at family gatherings, but, when
politics comes up, I don’t pretend to be other than what I
truly am either. i don’t think they’ll fall for it, but it will be fun
to give it a try! (all except one sister-—a radical
liberal who taught alongside Ward Churchill @
Univ. of CO @ Boulder. she is scary liberal! you
have to worry about potential violence if you
cross her...)
ONY, not sure your approach would work
either. that’s why the conundrum. I visited with
another sister this past June. we took a long walk together,
alone, and the conversation turned to politics.
(you should know that both she, and her husband,
are public school teachers in full support of
Common Core, blah, blah, blah.) the discussion
didn’t get too testy or ugly-—we each let the other
say her piece, but it ended with palpable tension. hmmm.
I did find a reasonable excuse (no $$-—true!) not to attend
a gathering in California this past weekend-—yet another sister’s wedding
-—to her long-term “partner”.
as you can see, the issues are many in my family!
kg/nancy