Quote from: Gentle_Soul on January 05, 2025, 09:32:08 PM

Quote from: caroasi on December 26, 2024, 02:51:04 PM

A PRRI study shows 23% of Democrats want to cut ties with family members who disagree with them about politics. Leftist outlet Salon covers the story in a seemingly positive way:
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/18/going-no-contact-with-maga-parents-crucial-self-care-or-the-unraveling-of-america/

"On the Trump-voter side of the debate, the sentiment has been nearly unanimous: It's an outrage if "woke" friends and family stop speaking to them. The only real disagreement among that cohort is whether this trend is literally the devil's work, or merely liberal "intolerance." One TikTok video that went viral featured a woman crying about being cut off and saying, "I'm completely heartbroken about my family taking it how they are. I never did this to them when Biden won." Conservatives have coined the phrase "vote-shaming," which seems to equate political and ideological conflict with personal choices regarding diet or sexuality."

It seems to me this is the bedrock measure of a cult. You have a system of belief, and if you are a disbeliever, you are cut off, whether family or not. It is clearly and obviously intolerant, but the deluded author Salon merely put intolerance in quotes as to not agree with the intolerance of it.

There is nothing that has helped my life more, especially during trying times, than the unconditional love of the people in my life. The shining gem of western conservatism is the unconditional love that seems to specifically originate from Christianity.

Politics in the western world is not supposed to be a do or die affairs people should learn to put things in their right places politics should not interfere with family in the right sense

In the US politics certain families have played certain influencial roles when it comes king making as such leadership revolves within their camp that's it becomes hard on them when a member goes anti party

Politics in many regions have no emotions like these but still we have this mindset and families are broken as well, but I never break any relationship just because of politics because I prefer relationships better than politics which is having never been on good in my life.

Sometimes we have serious discussions with many things also gone against us as well but controlling emotions and having fair and balance table talk always ended on batter and position point.