I "lost" 2 family members yesterday when they said.......

[Sky High]

I hate to side with Trump supporters but I think they're better off without you.

[Garnier Fructis]

I was like that for all of 2 hours before I realized that I would rather not lose family and friends over this.

[Allybeboba]

That's why you don't discuss politics and religion over the dinner table and at work my friend.

[Garnier Fructis]

That's why you don't discuss politics and religion over the dinner table and at work my friend.

After bad experiences with both, my family has basically set this down as a rule for family gatherings. And things have been much smoother ever since.

[Templar 331]

I know how you feel dude. I only have 4 friends that are on the same side of the political spectrum as I am. The rest of them as well as my entire family are Trump supporters. Just like you I try to be nice but when I point out clear evidence that Trump isn't what's best for this country it devolves into arguments.

Case in point, a conversation with my mom a few weeks ago. She came over asking for some gas money. She's on disability and has medical expenses out the ass. I asked her if she was on Medicaid or Medicare. She said she was only on Medicare A. After some talking I told her to watch the news carefully because the Republicans are looking to cut government funding across the board. She said "Good! They need to! The government spends way to much!"

I came so freaking close to knocking myself out with a facepalm.......

[-aiko-]

I don't understand. I would never lose a relationship over political views.

[Orbitus]

You would have to be really pathetic to not be able to interact with people who have different views than you.

It isn't really different views if they are outright lying. Trump doesn't care about the every day man and woman. Look at what he has done so far. He is championing a healthcare bill that will probably directly effect these people in Alabama negatively and they don't care.

[Dead Moose Fandango]

Op is probably trolling but there are tons of stories like this. If you would seriously cut ties with blood relatives over politics, you're a psycho.

All depends on the politics. What if said family member is in favor of something extreme like slavery? I doubt you'd be considered the psychopath for wanting to cut ties with 'em. I'm not saying trump followers want slavery back, but there can be people with insane political views that you might cut ties with if you were family.

[PC2]

It isn't really different views if they are outright lying. Trump doesn't care about the every day man and woman. Look at what he has done so far. He is championing a healthcare bill that will probably directly effect these people in Alabama negatively and they don't care.

If you don't think Trump cares about you then present an argument to the family member, have a debate. Remain rational. Alienating yourself from all other political viewpoints is not healthy.

[Elegiac]

I don't understand. I would never lose a relationship over political views.

It's so much easier getting through life by pretending your significant other doesn't have fundamentally despicable viewpoints, right?

[-aiko-]

It's so much easier getting through life by pretending your significant other doesn't have fundamentally despicable viewpoints, right?

Very rarely are political views "despicable", and they certainly aren't in this particular case.

[Elegiac]

Very rarely are political views "despicable", and they certainly aren't in this particular case.

Promoting policies that discriminate against minorities and promote poverty and ill health? Yeah, that's pretty despicable.

Either that or they're simply stupid, which makes speaking to them in any degree of seriousness pointless.

[Shadowferal]

My father was very much a racist bastard...haven't seen him in over 20 years. I don't miss him one bit. Probably dead by now.
*shrugs*

[Allybeboba]

Many people view others' political opinions in a hostile light, sad but true.

http://www.people-press.org/2016/06/...osity-in-2016/

[Deleted]

That's sad indeed. Family is like the most closest social instance there is - you can at least roughly understand what's going on. Much less with your neighbors and not even a little on national politic. If you lose family because media are bigger than your family, or have a bigger impact then that is just sad. As family you should overcome any change outside of family.

[Enthusiastic Steward]

Are you kidding? Probably 70% of my family skews blue, but the ones who are red are diehard red for life, and then we toss in my cousins who went off to college and went full Libertarian.
Heated discussions around the dinner table at Thanksgiving are the BEST, its so much fun and now you're missing out.

[schwarzkopf]

No, you did choose to cut relationship with then due to them not thinking the same way as you about ...... politics

Knowing that Trump is a moronic charlatan isn't politics - it is just rational thought.
To realise that some family members are idiots also, is a little difficult to cope with.

Do you pander to their delusion, do you try and correct their errors - or leave them be.

A tough call I think.

[Celista]

Yeah the level of indoctrination + groupthink is pretty notable. Has a Hitler-era Germany vibe to it. No I'm not comparing Trump to Hitler (even if he's taking some things out of his early playbook).

Trump really has nothing in common with the common man, and I feel like that can be pretty objectively stated in a non-partisan manner. He is a billionaire who got his start in business by being handed several large loans from his father and grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Op is probably trolling but there are tons of stories like this. If you would seriously cut ties with blood relatives over politics, you're a psycho.

That's pushing things, I'd probably say if someone is willing to cut ties with blood relatives there was probably more wrong with their relationship than differences of opinion over politics.

[schwarzkopf]

I don't understand. I would never lose a relationship over political views.

There is nothing political about this ... liking Trump as president is IRRATIONAL, not political.

If you met your relatives, and you found they had married Santa Claus, were feeding their sofa and hanging their kids on the washing line to dry after washing them in the dish washer - you wouldn't be disliking them for political views either.

[Shadowferal]

Couldn't do much when daddy doesn't want to associate with the black part of the family. Either he goes away, or the rest of the family goes...that was an easy choice to make.