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17 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan 6 Nov \ parent \ on: How to begin restoring normalcy with friends/relatives? culture
I actually don't think there is a way to convey to liberals and ivory towers and media insiders etc the ways in which they have misunderstood the world and/or humanity -- other than "GO FUCKING SOUL-SEARCH! YOUR SHIT IS JUST NOT RIGHT"
Bret Stephens in the NYT today comes close.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/opinion/donald-trump-defeat-democrats.html
I just don't know that I can display that kind of patience and calmness, in person or in print
I didn't create the prompt. To me, the people who behaved as described revealed themselves to not be worth maintaining relationships with.
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Sometimes people are wrong and misinformed. I don't think that makes them unworthy of my love and attention. Specifically in the case of family.
That being said, I have gotten a lot from the responses on this post. Well worth my 600 sats to post it.
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It's not the being wrong and misinformed part that's the main problem. My problem is with people who seemed like friends until they allowed some political topic get between us.
To me, that's demonstrating that they were not ever true friends and I'm fine with moving on. If they want to reach out and repair the relationship, I'll be all ears.
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