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In reply to the discussion: Just found out my relatives voted for Trump [View all]The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)76. I don't speak to any Trumpster if I can avoid it
But I can't always steer clear of them - I have to work for one thing.
Insist that they treat you with respect if you don't cut them off completely. If they can't be respectful and polite then shut 'em out.
My opinion only. Good luck
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"I won't engage them unless I can point them in the right direction without being confrontational."
politicaljunkie41910
Jul 2017
#84
Anyone who voted for Trump - I let them know they made a big mistake. No getting off the hook,
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2017
#73
+Infinity. I dumped a romantic interest of long stabding for exactly the same, bur nir before
KingCharlemagne
Jul 2017
#67
Why, I bet you would have been right at home in the antebellum South or
KingCharlemagne
Jul 2017
#66
A close friend of mine changed drastically after she connected with her fundy bf,
CrispyQ
Jul 2017
#48
I lost a good friend like that because she got involved with this strange evangelical
kimbutgar
Jul 2017
#56
Her BF would have no problem whatsoever seeing you forcibly interned or
KingCharlemagne
Jul 2017
#69
Speaking to a grief coubsellor may help. I found my counsellir really helped me
KingCharlemagne
Jul 2017
#71
Yup, time to expunge racists from their lives... yes, even if they're family.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2017
#40
In the very beginning I was excited about facebook because I could get in contact with relatives.
airplaneman
Jul 2017
#46
"If you have a thousand friends on Facebook, how many friends do you really have?"
CrispyQ
Jul 2017
#59
If they start shit, hand them a printout of a Russian flag and call them a traitor to even Reagan.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2017
#70