[seeing a discussion of fuck MAGA relatives vs. keep the lines of communication open]
I kept the "lines of communication open" with my right wing family until I was 43.
But the condition of keeping those lines open was that I challenged their bullshit whenever they said hateful shit.
As we finally shut those lines of communication down in 2011, I learned how much they dreaded interacting with me.
Honestly, they're a bunch of bastards and I should have axed the relationship years earlier.