It Is Not Only Alright To Shame, And Ultimately Ostracize, Your MAGA Relatives, It Is Your Patriotic Duty As An American - Above the Law

"However, he recently made a comment on his podcast the substance of which was that he thinks it's nuts to cut off contact with a family member because of vastly different political views. To which I say, "The f*ck?!" It is pretty much the archetypal essence of being an American not to cut off contact with a family member for stringently disagreeing politically but to cut off the flow of blood to the brain of a family member for stringently disagreeing politically."

"I am by no means saying you should go out and slaughter your relatives who disagree with you. What I am saying is that in the scope of American history it is quite a paltry consequence of holding a clearly incorrect political opinion just to have a relative decide you are no longer worth talking to."

Political disagreements have repeatedly caused American family members to sever ties or engage in violence, from the American Revolution through the Civil War. Cutting off contact is historically mild compared with episodes where relatives fought each other over ideology, sometimes violently. Some insist such wars were exceptional, yet instances of kin antagonism over politics recur across U.S. history. Choosing not to speak to a relative for holding a strongly held, incorrect political opinion is a modest consequence compared with past life-and-death splits. Personal memory of a once-close sibling relationship and shared traditions underscores how political divergence can erode familial bonds over years.

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