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In reply to the discussion: Despite my own wishes and common sense, I got political on Thanksgiving. [View all]lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)16. Tough to balance the knowledge that your parent sides with a cretin, and your own sanity
For some, avoidance is the line of least resistance. But you have to put them in the ground some day, and I feel like anything left unsaid will eat away at me....
So, if my relationship was strong enough with my own father, and he was such a loser, I'm not sure I'd keep my mouth shut, either.
I think it's great that you can disagree face-to-face.
Also not sure you can change anyone's mind at this point. It's irrational, so, rational arguments don't work.
I think it's great any time you can overcome your parent's limitations, especially with racism involved. And at this point, anyone who's still backing the jerk publically is a bigot: They're really saying, "It's Ok that I'm a bigot because the potus agrees with me."
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Despite my own wishes and common sense, I got political on Thanksgiving. [View all]
Kath2
Nov 2017
OP
Here i was hoping my nephew would stay quit only because we are all on the same page but
lunasun
Nov 2017
#34
Tough to balance the knowledge that your parent sides with a cretin, and your own sanity
lindysalsagal
Nov 2017
#16
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WinkyDink
Nov 2017
#30
Good for you for standing up and speaking the truth while they were throwing around their
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Nov 2017
#27
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dem4decades
Nov 2017
#32