When Politics Tears Families and Friendships Apart

During a bruising political season, many Americans are dropping friends and family members who have different political views.  Experts say we should be talking more, not less.  Image via NPR

– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

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When politics tears families and friendships apart.

“Dude, I’m done.”

In the best of times, political discussions among families members and friends can prove problematic.

In these divisive times, however, they can prove to be fatal to personal relationships at a time when personal connections are already greatly hampered by COVID-19 pandemic social distancing practices and regulations.

And while patterns of the severing of relationships vary – Trump supporters tend to be more vocal when things hit the fan whereas Biden supporters tend towards a passive/aggressive severing of interactions, these estrangements appear to be long-lived, if not also potentially permanent, at a time when all too many of us were already as well as ever-increasingly opting to hole up in silos and so forsake responsibly considering diverse opinions as well as the full range of diversities among humanity.

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Additionally, as well as can only be be expected, these estrangements should be viewed as instructive as regards what to expect, if not also potentially worsen, as only to be expected disputes over the upcoming election vote tallies play out in the days – if not more likely interminable weeks – after the election.

Finally, as well as needless to say, academic researchers have already been studying this manner of social discord and so far have mostly come up with findings of the obviously only to be expected findings typical of social science research.

Source: ‘Dude, I’m Done’: When Politics Tears Families And Friendships Apart

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