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This has probably been aired before and apologies if so, but could not find anything on a search. I know I can't be the first to post on this. Has anyone else been driven away from family or friends during these crazy political times? How are you coping? Fight or flight, or ignore? Not just the Trumpolitics, but the gun issues, the general unease and lack of leadership in the country? Every day there is something else to drive us apart as a country, but how are others managing this with their families? Is whatever is behind all this winning? Thoughts please!
I have 3 siblings. I, both brothers and my dad are all progressives. My sister and her husband are hard core tRump supporters. We have enough sense not to discuss politics. Family is family, sometimes you have to take a deep breath and shut your mouth.
I have 3 siblings. I, both brothers and my dad are all progressives. My sister and her husband are hard core tRump supporters. We have enough sense not to discuss politics. Family is family, sometimes you have to take a deep breath and shut your mouth.
And sometimes I wonder if family says the exact opposite of what you support just to get a rise out of you.
I have a Uncle, that I would swear does this, and will sit back and laugh as you get upset and defend your position. Just because he know how much of a rise it will get out of them in the first place.
But yes family is family, sometimes you have to keep your mouth shut.
My Dad and brother in Florida are RWNJs they were tea party supporters now they are trump supporters, me being a Canadian i'm viewed as the family communist coming from the socialist nanny state to the north, try as i might not to engage them in political discussion it seems every topic one can bring up turns into a political rant by them. I've given up on my trips to Florida as being a liberal in a family of righties is no fun. i used to visit every year but havent been back for 3 years now,i got better things to do than sit around listening to bro and dad go on and on about the usual rightwing hate topics, guns Limbaugh or FOX all the time.
IMHO families that distance themselves from each other over politics couldn't have ever really have been too close to start with. In my family we have some conservatives, some liberals and some independents. We can sit around and talk politics for hours and never get into a fight. Yes, we can argue points but, never attack each other over our views. I would never refer to any member of my family as a RWNJ or a LWNJ or call the independents flip floppers or any other disparaging term. We understand that everyone has a right to their opinions. People arrive to their world views through their own life experiences. It would never occur to any of us to crush each others' spirits in such a cruel way.
We may not always agree but, we have some maturity and respect others' views. When one has respect for other people they can agree to disagree and many times actually learn something from someone who has differing opinions.
IMHO families that distance themselves from each other over politics couldn't have ever really have been too close to start with.
I have an uber-lib spouse and three uber- lib siblings all blaming Trump this morning for Putin's nuclear arms announcement this morning. Nukes just don't happen overnight, but no one wants to discuss the 8 years of nuclear appeasement under Obama or why the whole Russian fairy tale is going on or why Putin meddled in our election. Everything has a backdrop, but to my sibs and spouse it's all Trump's fault.
I love them all passionately and never discuss politics with them. They think I don't "get it", I think they're all nuts.
This has probably been aired before and apologies if so, but could not find anything on a search. I know I can't be the first to post on this. Has anyone else been driven away from family or friends during these crazy political times? How are you coping? Fight or flight, or ignore? Not just the Trumpolitics, but the gun issues, the general unease and lack of leadership in the country? Every day there is something else to drive us apart as a country, but how are others managing this with their families? Is whatever is behind all this winning? Thoughts please!
It's by design, my friend.
Just say no to politics and your life will be much happier. Think of all the relationships you will able to have and all the free time you can spend on hobbies.
I have lost friends and family over politics. I like Trump but I don't love Trump but for those that severed ties through angry screaming attacks on me it was all or nothing with them and if I didn't outright HATE Trump then that means I was for Trump, a enemy and part of the Depolorable problem that is ruining this country.
It is hard to lose people in our lives and even harder to bear when it is over something as stupid as not agreeing on politics but today I am better off without their negativity.
The funny thing is that my part time and full time Republican friends can talk politics but it seems that even the part time Democrats are nothing but angry and if we try to talk politics they all resort to Trump bashing like they have an ear piece connected to CNN constantly talking.
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