How to talk to Trump relatives without starting a family war.
First of all, ask yourself what kind of Trump voters they are. There’s a chance they are explicit racists who will proudly proclaim that they voted Trump because they hate women, minorities, and gay people.Those “different opinions” aren’t ones you need to indulge. That’s because they’re hate, not opinions. “I hate black coffee” is a different opinion. “I hate black people” is nonsense, racist drivel that isn’t worth your time.
So, if you come from a family of cheerful racists, allow me to congratulate you for not following in their footsteps. You may not be up to Thanksgiving this year. Or you may want to go home, but do not feel up to combatting their proudly proclaimed racism, sexism, and homophobia. That’s fine, too. You can love people even if they’re horrible. If that were not true, we would all have fewer exes. Go home, eat sweet potatoes, talk about Gilmore Girls and football, and go back to your real home.
But there’s a very good chance that you come from a family that is not openly racist or sexist or homophobic. In fact, you probably come from a family that might be very offended if you were to call them any of those terms. In that case, in voting for Trump, these people seemed to prioritize their finances or their party loyalty over rights for the country’s most vulnerable. If so, your challenge this Thanksgiving is to get them to care about some of the issues you’re concerned about.
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