Posted on 11/20/2023 1:01:16 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Robust political discussions may not be on the menu for many Americans preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Monday found that about 6 out of 10 voters, or 61 percent, said they hope to avoid talking about politics during the holiday celebrations.
However, the poll also said 29 percent of voters said they are eager to talk about politics.
“A healthy dose of ‘zip it’ will be on the menu as voters acknowledge that if they plan on ‘talking turkey’ over the big meal, it will be about the food and not about politics,” Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said.
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True indeed.
Libs are some of the most humorless people on Earth.
Strange uptick this year in all groups, but still, most people don’t want to talk about politics.
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
That’s not really true now, if it ever was. Ideas now come from politics and are politicized, and people are just repeating what their favorite media source told them.
Even in the old days, Plato and Aristotle or Rousseau and Voltaire talking ideas at Thanksgiving would have been a boring and painful experience for the rest of the family.
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