“So you are saying ,cut ties with all who are not staunch conservatives? Family members and friends who are more liberal than us, need to be excised from our lives? In all areas of our lives, we should shun them?”
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That’s conundrum for a lot of us on the conservative side.
Liberals by and large are emotion driven people and not inclined to be very tolerant of anyone with different views. They have a child-like way of ignoring reality and consequences associated with their wacky ideas. They see conservatives as outright neanderthals; irritating obstacles who are reluctant to change and help them pave the way toward a perfect utopian society based on their religion (liberalism) and love of big government.
In short, they want control, we want freedom. The two will never reconcile. And trying to reason with them is usually an exercise in futility.
Co-existing is trying, at best, but parting ways or severing ties is not really a practical matter either. That said, as a matter of self preservation its best to not forget that our liberal “friends”, relatives and associates would secretly love to see us all sent to re-education camps, if not silenced. Its worth remembering that people like that don’t respect you or your values.
While shunning is not viable, just remember who they vote for, who they viscerally dislike (hint: it’s us), and the irreparable damage their political thugs have done to this country. People who respect others are interested in finding common ground and compromising, not destroying everything to get their way. I keep a healthy distance from bad influences, toxic notions and manipulative people.
Good advice for me.