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OP.....i dont think you did anything wrong.
Respecting ones elders doesnt mean letting then cut your throat.

If they want to blow smoke up their fellow liberals asses so be it. They dont need to push that chit on you, directly or indirectly IMHO.

Its arrogance and or dishonesty....trying to impress others.

If the old folks want to continue w their celebration, fine....but he at least should understand the hardhip the Biden admin has placed on you and either apologize or leave you alone.

If he had any sense or shame.

Just my 2 cents.

Old people often turn into spoiled.kids.
They shouldnt be allowed to vote.
Too many are trying to buy their way into heaven.
Wisdom doesnt always come with age.

This

My brother and his daughter haven't spoken in going on 5 years because of politics.......He refuses to talk about it but I know its painful.....

Man this hits home for all of us, seems like every day with someone, my folks are 90, I hurt peoples feelings all the time. I don’t know how to back up for anybody or anything, can’t live with myself if I don’t stand up, it bothers me that I might not of stated my believe’s with compassion.

Had done this for what 16 months, it just came out unexpectedly.
It was the same morning that my memories[snapchat] came up from 3 years back with a pic of fuel pump @ $1.96gl.
That set the mood.

Gentlemen, keep your eyes on the big picture.

The goal should be to persuade these idiots, uh I mean our loved ones, to see the error of their ways and vote with us next time. Its a helluva chore because the lib mind ain't much impressed with simple facts.

However, if you can't persuade them and you piss them off and lose your relationship you win nothing. As long as a relationship remains, you at least have a chance.

The FIRST thing my Dad taught me after he taught me to never pee on an electric fence was to ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH.

At 87 your Pop doesn't have much time left, enjoy what you do have left.

Simply put, have a talk with him and tell him no more politics as you will never see eye to eye on it and you want to enjoy whatever years you have left with him.

It was one of those "did I just say that" deals, and on fathers day weekend to boot.

I think this is the best approach given the circumstances. I don't know how many times I have prefaced a response with "are you sure you want to ask that question?" You did nothing wrong.

My younger sister is 61 and a liberal covidian. We have spoken once in the past 2 years or so and my brother and SIL have not spoken with her but a couple of times since dad died in 1998. I’ve gone to milestone life events of hers in Commiefornia for years, but her libtard crap just comes through over and over. I got tired of her drivel a couple of years ago at a family funeral and threw her and a cousin under the bus for good measure. I regret things have turned out this way, but she never had the political restraint that I tried to use. Honestly, I don’t miss her or her bullscheit.

FJB #Lets go Brandon

Focus on the good, avoid the heartburn, and honk for Joey!

Good man. Help our. Com friend be true to himself.

My late father was politically to the right of Genghis Khan. So we didn't differ on too much.

My side was all conservative. My boys are conservative. Their wives are "go along with its". My wife's folks were cons, her brothers are cons, and the oldest brother's kids are. Middle bros son married a flaming, died in the wool, staunch lib and he sides with her. Daughter is con. So, out of about 19 people we have two libs (who, like most of them talk it but do no service, charity, or volunteer work).
My boys and three nephews rag the libs azz unmercifully at gatherings. V they even bought him a NRA membership once.
We all live in two royal blue states, IL and MI.
What un.

Wrong! Not just Chitcago....
They'll be voting for decades to come.

It's easier being a tough guy on the internet.

Everybody in my immediate family and my wife's family are conservatives. Very conservative...my brothers, their kids, my adult sons, their kids, my stepsons. I do have a cousin who's a raving lefty lunatic, but to put it into perspective he's 75 years old and hasn't worked enough in his life to qualify for social security.

It would be very difficult to deal with a problem parent, but I try to keep it simple. I prioritize in this order…..God, Country, Family! I’m not popular with some family members!

I have a first cousin that is a flaming liberal that attacked my wife openly on FB about her support of President Trump! We’ve not spoken since I explained to him the path he could take to Hell! He’s not a loss and considered to be dead by me! memtb