As someone who bleeds orange and white, it isn't hard to find a family member holding opposing political views. Personally, I do what I can to avoid political discourse as I feel that it is not my responsibility to educate everybody and that sometimes people just need to learn the right answers on their own. This means that I don't wear my MAGA hat to dinner with the in-laws or debate a political issue that is brought up.

I know others feel it is important to express their opinions amongst the family and many have had their lifelong relationships hurt as a result. I was curious to know if anybody wanted to share the negative/positive experiences with discussing politics with family and/or if they felt it was worth it.

I can't talk to my parents about politics at all, but it's very cool with my wife. She calls me a libertard and I call her a Nazi, and that makes her laugh. Her people don't get riled up at all about politics. They respect that people are different.

If you're not burning bridges and scorching the earth they stand on it, then you're doing it wrong.

"If I was around in 1940s Germany I totally would've adamantly and stridently, even perhaps violently, opposed Hitler and the Nazis, unless he was my 3rd cousin on my mother's side or some such thing cuz then I'd probably see him at a family reunion and it would be, like, Totes Awkward when everybody's just trying to have A Good Time."

Also, I tried googling to figure out what 'bleed orange and white' means and I got nothing, but this was the 3rd hit:

http://www.lifewithgremlins.com/peri...-and-textures/

My best educated guess is this means formula72's vagina is racist. Which, like, duh.

Trump is so ingrained inside of him that he bleeds orange.

We manage a bit of political arguing that definitely get's heated and then we move on.

Like most people we recognise that getting along with others on a personal level is a totally different thing from opposing their political views. I mean, yeah hitler and all that - wouldn't have got on with him so ...

I thought he was a big Tennessee fan, but then I lived in Knoxville for a while.

Vols suck, btw.

I assumed it was some sort of play on "bleeding red white and blue" to orange and white for our orange president

It's helpful to narrow your focus on a specific issue without going into the meta of liberal-versus-conservative (where libertarians are a distant third). For me, I've come to accept that it's actually more important to get people to realize that Socialism doesn't work, and most of the time argue against socialism.

I just smile and nod when my Nan expresses a political opinion because she's at least got the sense about her not to vote. The awkwardness comes when someone hears her and agrees.

I read about liberals that wont go home for Christmas and I laugh and laugh and hope they crash the prius on the way to the non-denominational holiday safe space.

What specifically is funny to you about that?

If you don't see the humor in some whiny little nose pierced ****** telling mommy and daddy he's disowning them because they aren't with herp, well, you might be an entitled little nose pierced ****** yourself.


That clear it up?

No, it actually made it all the more confusing.

I mean, look, I get you're a coward who doesn't truly believe in anything, but do you want me to believe that the mere concept of two people getting along because they have similar ideologies, and two people not getting along because they have wildly different ideologies, is just totally foreign to you?

It's all good though. If you weren't so caught up in trying to make some Sick Burn Bro on the libtards that you self-pwned again, you wouldn't be you.

I was laying down a sick burn on liberals, because that's who I read this crap from, but flip it around and i'd feel the Exact Same Way. As far as not getting along with people with different ideologies, GMAFB. I've actually written a parent off (and vise versa, I'm sure) long ago. It's hard on the rest of the family and kinda sad. I can't imagine doing this over something so ****ing petty as him being a bernie bro.

Why did you write your parent off?

So there obviously is something, just not this.

Also, yeah, it would be petty over 'being a bernie bro'. Should I even bother pointing out the false equivalences anymore?

So far I've got in one physical confrontation and several nasty arguments.

And did that improve your life?

Only if the recipient was twelve or under.

Was it supposed to?

My father touched my butthole, and that is why I thirst for knowledge.