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Most healthy members of society dude ๐ญ
Right? When my extended family gets together there are like 40 of us. I might try to avoid the ones that are MAGA, or at least avoid talking politics with them, but Iโm not gonna refuse to go to Christmas or Thanksgiving just because my chuddy uncle is going to be there. Iโll just take a walk with the other queer cousins and get a little toasted before dinner
Must be nice for only some of them to be MAGA.
When they're all MAGA, though, sometimes it's best to just not go.
Aww the cousin walk <3
My family extended to just 1st cousins is more than 80 people. Every single last one full maga Christo-fascists. Not worth being around.
I would, were I you, use that time to hold them accountable for their politics of hate. I see that as the morally correct action.
Nor would I, in most cases. Were the celebration with mostly MAGA family, I would consider not attending.
Yeah, super healthy to go hang out with people who want people like you bashished from society because of who you want to love ๐
How "healthy" it is to attend holiday gatherings with your family depends entirely on your family's chud ratio.
Our families invite process is fairly simple. If you can't last family time during holiday without talking politics, you aren't invited. I think that's a fairly healthy ask. I think only one person was excluded from family planning/gathering due to it, but thankfully the feeling was mutual because they couldn't isolate their political side from their actual personality and as such didn't want to be in an environment where they couldn't talk politics anyway.
So your approach is just not talking about the problems? Very healthy. /s
The "see no evil, speak no evil" crowd aren't much help to the downtrodden. /li
Not conservative, not "republican": MAGA.
My MAGA relatives are some of the worst human beings I've met. Hateful, loud, dumb bigots that seem unable to act like a decent human being for more than a few minutes at a time. I've heard the shit they've let slip out and they meant (and mean) every word.
They're not welcome in my home and I am sure as shit am not wasting my time on them.
Yes, healthy members of society spend time with their pedophile supporting extending family. Right.
I am not weak enough to give up on someone. Every meeting is a chance to educate them
Holding people accountable for their horrible views isn't weak. What a weird take.
As long as you use that opportunity to try to educate them, instead of inviting them over without holding them accountable.
That's not healthy. That's enabling.
After Election Day 2024 I completely cut my republican father out of my life. He never was maga, but he was celebrating trimp's win (ironically by listening to a Woodie Guthrie cd I got him). I did not speak to him for almost a year and a half, then in April I found out he was going to group therapy. I am unsure of the exact nature of the GT but one of his friend's that is in the GT said it is to redeem them.
We still do not have the close relationship that we used to have, and I doubt we ever will again.
The crazy thing is he used to be a long haired hippie fighting for freedoms and ~~protecting~~ protesting the Vietnam war.
It sucks when that has to happen, but good on you.
Protesting?
Yup! Hah