Family Politics

[Tenhigh]

Pretty straight forward question.  Have you or would you cut your friends and family out of your life because of their politics?  Why?

I'll start.  I haven't and most likely would never, because I think that politics are mostly the powerful pitting us against each other to gain more power. 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

yes, to a degree.  There was other family stuff, too.

Edited June 28, 2023 by redtail hawk

[Tenhigh]

Just now, redtail hawk said:

yes, to a degree.  There was other family stuff, too.

Care to elaborate on what it was politically that put you in that position?

[Tommy Callahan]

Blood is thicker than water.

 

Not a chance.

 

But put extra effort into not triggering the TV watching DEM in the family that thinks everything is MAGA and a conspiracy.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by Chris farley

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Just now, Tenhigh said:

Care to elaborate on what it was politically that put you in that position?

MAGA.  what else?

[Pokebball]

It's OK to disagree. Disagreement and discussion makes a stronger.

1 minute ago, redtail hawk said:

MAGA.  what else?

Curious, does the family you cut out of your life feel similarly?

[SCBills]

I voted No .. anyone currently in my life, I wouldn’t cut out of it due to political disagreements.   
 

One side of my family is very liberal, and we somehow made it through covid .. even with my grandma calling me periodically asking why I haven’t gotten vaccinated.   If we can get through that, hopefully we can get through anything. 
 

That being said .. I would never date an aggressively liberal woman.  The moral differences in how we would raise a child are just too vast nowadays.

 

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by SCBills

[Joe Ferguson forever]

6 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

It's OK to disagree. Disagreement and discussion makes a stronger.

Curious, does the family you cut out of your life feel similarly?

It's a long, private story 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

I have seen the libs do it to the conservatives and not the other way as much in my circles. 
 

I don’t talk politics much with family and definitely don’t at work, rarely with friends except for the few that think with their own brain. There is no point with the others on both sides. 
 

this board is a nice out let’s for that 😃 

[Pokebball]

An additional observation from me. I've got a wide range of philosophies in my family. We have fairly respectable discussions which allow us to better understand each other's opinions and positions, which is a learning experience that I appreciate. I don't find that on this board with most posters.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

8 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

An additional observation from me. I've got a wide range of philosophies in my family. We have fairly respectable discussions which allow us to better understand each other's opinions and positions, which is a learning experience that I appreciate. I don't find that on this board with most posters.

Well, there are no women here to moderate.  My wife usually steps in when I get too hyped up.  Lots of kicks under the table.  Usually works.

Edited June 28, 2023 by redtail hawk

[SCBills]

6 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

An additional observation from me. I've got a wide range of philosophies in my family. We have fairly respectable discussions which allow us to better understand each other's opinions and positions, which is a learning experience that I appreciate. I don't find that on this board with most posters.

I find that I can have discussions on Ukraine, China, Abortion, Economics, Healthcare, Inmigration etc., with progressive/liberal types.   I say that because I can understand where they are coming from with their views.  
 

I understand why people want abortion access in a flawed world.   I understand the impulse to provide a Medicare For All type approach.  Higher taxes on the wealthy, a welcoming view of illegal immigration, the want for more gun control etc.., 

 

I don’t usually agree .. but if I can understand why you’d feel that way, we can have a discussion and find middle ground. 
 

That being said…

 

Ive noticed a dividing line when it comes to the increasing push for TQ+ / Cultural Marxism.  
 

I’ve advocated for gay rights most of my life.  The genesis of my strong views for LGB equality coming from watching my uncle slowly pass away from cancer as his husband, who now takes care of my grandparents back in NY as if they were his own parents, exemplified true love.  I’m forever changed witnessing how selfless and caring he was, and still is. 
 

However, I cannot find common ground, nor can I understand where TQ+ is coming from.   I truly believe it is part of a larger Marxist movement meant to tear down the family, culture and traditional norms, only to be replaced with their values.   Values I do not hold.  Values I find abhorrent.  
 

I find many conservatives are now feeling the same way.  And many moderates as well…

 

For many Dems “Trump” was that line.  
 

I think for many people like me.. “TQ+” is now that line. 
 

I will never disavow family and close friends.  But I have no desire to meet new people who subscribe to values that I view as empirically antithetical to my belief system .. As an aggressive attack on my core beliefs.  

[BillsFanNC]

I have not and would not expel family from my life over politics.

 

Obviously people here aren't remotely close to family so I have no problem shunning and ignoring morons who I will never meet, thankfully.

 

The only thing all of us here supposedly have in common is that we are Bills fans.  Even so, I'd never attend a tailgate if I knew some of the disgusting commies here would be in attendance.

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

31 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

I have not and would not expel family from my life over politics.

 

Obviously people here aren't remotely close to family so I have no problem shunning and ignoring morons who I will never meet, thankfully.

 

The only thing all of us here supposedly have in common is that we are Bills fans.  Even so, I'd never attend a tailgate if I knew some of the disgusting commies here would be in attendance.

Attendance might be the wrong word.
 

Since they are takers and big government redistribution subjects if they see a line distributing food to people who don’t appear to be contributing they’d naturally assume they are entitled too.  Then afterward complain they were shortchanged somehow and that it’s unfair they don’t also have all that cool tailgating stuff. 

[Tenhigh]

Bumping with a topical article containing Poyer's recent saga from the BN.  This is a good read, whether you agree with him or not.  

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/im-not-going-to-stand-down-anymore-jordan-poyer-plans-to-keep-talking/article_e1517d18-1550-11ee-999e-436caaff9fa6.html

 

Thanks to those that voted.  I'd love to see votes from some of our other posters on their stance.  @The Frankish Reich @Doc Brown @Tiberius

 

 

[K D]

We wouldn't cut them out but they cut themselves out by being dirtbags/doing drugs/not working/getting arrested. Guess which side of the aisle these people are in my family

[Tenhigh]

On 6/28/2023 at 12:23 PM, BillsFanNC said:

I have not and would not expel family from my life over politics.

 

Obviously people here aren't remotely close to family so I have no problem shunning and ignoring morons who I will never meet, thankfully.

 

The only thing all of us here supposedly have in common is that we are Bills fans.  Even so, I'd never attend a tailgate if I knew some of the disgusting commies here would be in attendance.

 

We are also people.  Its the most important thing we have in common.

 

23 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

Attendance might be the wrong word.
 

Since they are takers and big government redistribution subjects if they see a line distributing food to people who don’t appear to be contributing they’d naturally assume they are entitled too.  Then afterward complain they were shortchanged somehow and that it’s unfair they don’t also have all that cool tailgating stuff. 

Assuming this is a joke?  Most here I think if we met at a tailgate would contribute.   Bills fans are generally like that, it's the reason we have so many fat alcoholics in our fanbase, including me!

 

[The Frankish Reich]

7 minutes ago, Tenhigh said:

Bumping with a topical article containing Poyer's recent saga from the BN.  This is a good read, whether you agree with him or not.  

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/im-not-going-to-stand-down-anymore-jordan-poyer-plans-to-keep-talking/article_e1517d18-1550-11ee-999e-436caaff9fa6.html

 

Thanks to those that voted.  I'd love to see votes from some of our other posters on their stance.  @The Frankish Reich @Doc Brown @Tiberius

 

 

Thanks. But I've gotta admit: I'm confused. So Poyer is a Trumpie because he was playing in a Doral charity tournament? Not a Trumpie because he opted out? 

I need the exec summary first.

EDIT: OK, Warren Buffet allowed me to read the BN without a paywall. So here's what I see:

 

"Jordan Poyer says he won't be silenced, courageously cancels golf tournament at Trump Resort lest he have to explain why he chose to play there"

 

Profiles in Courage, 2023 edition.

Edited June 29, 2023 by The Frankish Reich

[Tenhigh]

5 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Thanks. But I've gotta admit: I'm confused. So Poyer is a Trumpie because he was playing in a Doral charity tournament? Not a Trumpie because he opted out? 

I need the exec summary first.

Its not clear from the article. Poyer cancelled the tournament because some players and sponsors pulled out because it was at a Trump course and sent nasty emails to the charity it was meant to benifit.

 

But it was a charity golf tournament so why does it matter?

 

From the article:

 

“This game is allowing me to have a platform and have a voice that a lot of others don’t have and won’t (use),” Poyer said. “I’m not going to be afraid of it. I’m not going to run from it.”

Poyer wants people to see differences, but not define – or destroy – relationships because of them. He might not avoid politics altogether – he has a perspective on Trump, for example – but he said he wants to acknowledge all sides, and then set those sides aside. He wants to use his megaphone to speak out, but he deleted his Twitter account – although Twitter is not a one-way form of communication, and he says it’s the incoming messaging that was damaging to him.

...

“I’m going to continue to just be me,” Poyer said. “That’s what we need.”

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“It seems like our egos get in the way of being a good human being,” Poyer said. “That’s sharing love, sharing conversations, sharing laughter with people who may not believe in the same things that you do.”

 

Edited June 29, 2023 by Tenhigh

[The Frankish Reich]

2 minutes ago, Tenhigh said:

Poyer cancelled the tournament because some players and sponsors pulled out

Somehow I thought "courageous" would mean we play on with the sponsors and participants we still have. "Courageously retreats."