I'll be the one dining amongst the reds this year. Most of my family is content with just casual bigotry, but my brother is more outspoken and knows how to push my buttons (obviously, he's the youngest). My plan is to get drunk, quickly, so that I don't feel any guilt or shame about speaking my mind right back at him.
You should make them pay 1.50 for every plate they didn't make themselves and someone had to import from another house, refuse to cook or tidy anythingas thats done by immigrants, and point out loudly everything not made in the US.
Id start with pointing out every imported alcohol and amy food not grown in the US.
You should make them pay 1.50 for every plate they didn’t make themselves and someone had to import from another house, refuse to cook or tidy anythingas thats done by immigrants, and point out loudly everything not made in the US.
"Sorry fam, it's a $10 a piece for this turkey. Don't want people thinking they got an easy ride."
"Oh you want me to help clean, I charge $20 a hour......Oh you want me to help for free. Isn't that communism? Aren't we encouraging people not to pull themselves up from their boot straps."
"You want me to leave and never come back? That's free."
You might find this helpful. There will likely be another this year (fyi Beau took a sabbatical for workaholism and his wife Belle and collaborators are doing an excellent job of carrying it forward)
My tradition (ever since I moved away from my irl friends) is to stock up on one of every type of turkey TV dinner at the grocery store, then feast on that over the course of the 5-day weekend (thank you, Union!). It's super chill. I play video games and knit. My pup and I will hang out at the dog park.
Me too. Are you telling them why? I'm leaning towards cutting them all off, going full no contact, saying exactly why, and moving to either a blue state or out of the country for a while (which I have the means to do).
This is the first time I have ever had a good (medical) excuse to not attend my wife's conservative family's Thanksgiving. The problem is they're evangelicals and this is Indiana, so they always vote red.
To their credit, they are very warm and welcome people. They accepted my daughter is queer the moment my wife told them (whereas my supposedly left-wing mother poorly hides her distaste) and they welcomed me into their family despite knowing I was Jewish. They have never once tried to convert me.
I don't really get it, but it won't be an issue for much longer anyway because we're emigrating ASAP.
My mom has said the same exact crap "fuck your feelings" while giving me the bird. She says some pretty stupid shit, blaming migrants and all that. Look, for me, I think we do need a secure border still, but to just be saying "OmG tHe IlLeGalS aRe RuInInG tHiS cOuNtRy!!!!!" is just such a dumb take, like we have much bigger issues at play.
Everyone is going to probably downvote me, but I did vote for Trump, but... I do see how Trump created this atmosphere of hate and stupidity. The only reason I voted for him was because we're on the brink of WW3 and I thought he was truly the last hope of getting the wars settled. I'm scared, and I'm sorry, but shit is crazy right now. Trump at least has some relations with Russia and North Korea, that could potentially cool the pot. Feel free to tell me why I'm wrong, I'm open to discussion.
The only reason I voted for him was because we’re on the brink of WW3 and I thought he was truly the last hope of getting the wars settled. I’m scared, and I’m sorry, but shit is crazy right now. Trump at least has some relations with Russia and North Korea, that could potentially cool the pot. Feel free to tell me why I’m wrong, I’m open to discussion.
Not going to tell you that you're wrong, only that it's funny that this is where we've landed when it feels like the world is at 1939.
Yeah. Israel gets to colonize Gaza, Putin gets Ukraine, and he doesn't have to go to war with the USA because there's a known russian asset as president.
I agree that Trump will end a couple of wars by making sure that the bad guys win them. Just surrender human rights and dignity, let white supremacist dictators take over, let a couple genocides happen, war prevented, great success.
Oh, and meanwhile poor people and LGBT are persecuted in America. Doesn't matter, war prevented.
The stereotypical image of a Trump voter is an overconfident bully, but let this be proof that you can also vote Trump out of complete cowardice. I, recluse nerd, cannot comprehend being so pusillanimous that you put a dictator in power just because you're scared.
I say this as an ex republican, about 10 years free from it. Turn off your media feeds, they are lying to you. They know you will believe it because they think you are stupid.
Looking at the inverse here. My entire family except for one of my brothers, my wife, and myself are chuds. If I didn't have/want a good relationship with my parents I'd stay home
Never saw it but I can see the VHS cover in my head now. It was always on the shelf but I never did rent it. Watched all kinds of other stuff but never did manage to see CHUD.
Any idiot who says, "your body, my choice" at Thanksgiving is going to get force fed a drumstick the hard way. It is long past time to stop being polite with them. Women are dying because of this.
That's the point where I'd politely ask them to come outside with me, then beat the shit out of them while repeating "Your body (punch), my choice (punch)" until I felt they got the point.
I'm in the opposite boat. My inlaws are all MAGA whereas my wife and I are very much liberal. This is 'her' year for visiting family and she does want to go, but I've already warned her that her entire family is on the THINNEST of ice. It's going to take a miracle for us to actually stay. I'm sort of looking forward to the first comment from them where we can simply scoop up the kids and head out.
My wife and I both posted images on Facebook about how we don't feel safe around people who voted Trump and don't consider them friends. Not even really decided if we'd say anything to family yet. Their parents sent them a message basically saying "so logically you don't consider us friends or feel safe around us." So that was the last straw. We aren't going.
Yeah. Last time I saw them they had a screaming fit in front of my kids about how much they hate black people. Unprovoked. They are SHOCKED we blocked them on socials. Like idk what you expect, but I'm not going to find out.
I guess that is the biggest crime the Republican party committed, it polarized society for decades now, taking us to today where families are falling apart over something as stupid as politics
Next stop: a possible civil war where not only neighbor kill neighbors, but even family kill their own members
Mind you, I'm not trying to excuse the fascist assholes, but a lot of these people were just people watching the wrong YouTube channel for a while, watching more and more fox news, etc... how would they have been today had they gotten normal content that wasn't specifically designed to brainwash him?
I haven't spoken to one of my trucker cousins since 2016. Used to talk every family gathering, shoot the shit and catch up, talk about whatever until it was time to leave.
Now I actively ignore that he has even spoken if we're at the same family gathering that I didn't set up or host. Hasn't been invited to any that I do.
You might find this helpful. There will likely be another this year (fyi Beau took a sabbatical for workaholism and his wife Belle and collaborators are doing an excellent job of carrying it forward)
Republicans hold family ties as a tenant of their political ideology.
Democrats are fine with telling every family member they have to fuck off and die over political differences. They also love to self flagellate because "Thanksgiving is fucking evil!!"
It's absolutely insufferable Democrats that would not be attending Thanksgiving.
Family is more than just sharing the same dna. Family is being supportive and understanding of each other... and if certain members want to demonize people for being different, then they arent being very supportive or understanding.
You seem to be having trouble understanding this comic. Thanksgiving is being hosted by his relatives, who don't want him there. Millions of Democrats host thanksgiving dinners every year. This would be one of those situations where he's being told to fuck off over political differences (though it's really more about he's built his personality around those differences and desires to harm other family members with them)
Being so obnoxious and harmful that your family doesn't want to be around you is not a commitment to family ties, it's a commitment to your own ego.
Republicans hold family ties as a tenant of their political ideology
“My MAGA second family, as much as I’m embarrassed to admit this, oftentimes took precedence over my actual blood family,” he said. Looking back, he said his immersion in the world of MAGA strained relationships, including in his family.
Also, are these family tenants why conservatives readily kick their gay kids out of the house? I met a few of them as a volunteer back in the day.
Democrats are fine with telling every family member they have to fuck off and die over political differences
Similarly, all the people I know who went no contact with their conservative family members were due to abuse.
Face it, conservatives of all ages are hostile towards anyone who doesn't follow their ideals. They dominate online harassment and death threats over political differences, pushing their ideology to exterminate a good portion of those they don't like. Calling for a second civil war and WWII-style concentration camps doesn't spell out peaceful family members if you ask me.
Blaming liberals for what conservatives perpetrate is clutching pearls.