jimmymccready
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Family feuds continue in America because of Donald J. Trump, divisions in culture, and because of politics.
Our family is split: the genxrs against the some of the boomers. The millennials think everyone older and DJT are fucked up.
It's tough. I don't remember this before DJT.
By Colby Itkowitz
November 1, 2018
Donald Trump’s candidacy, and then presidency, has highlighted deep divides in families and friendships across America. Politics have seeped into our personal lives. Mini civil wars have broken out at dinner tables. Friends with opposing views have been blocked on social media.
Families and loved ones disagreeing on politics is not new, of course. Ron Reagan Jr., son of conservative hero Ronald Reagan, is an outspoken atheist liberal. In fact, a 2015 academic study published in the American Sociological Review dispelled the myth that children get their ideology from their parents.
Differences in political beliefs used to be a private matter. Remember the adage: Never talk religion or politics. But this year, family political disputes are playing out very publicly. And not just between your cousin and grandpa on Facebook. Politicians running for office have family members actively campaigning against them.
That family members feel emboldened, or even obligated, to speak out against their kin — and that this has been the case in at least four races this year — seems to be a sign of the times. Here they are:
Our family is split: the genxrs against the some of the boomers. The millennials think everyone older and DJT are fucked up.
It's tough. I don't remember this before DJT.
By Colby Itkowitz
November 1, 2018
Donald Trump’s candidacy, and then presidency, has highlighted deep divides in families and friendships across America. Politics have seeped into our personal lives. Mini civil wars have broken out at dinner tables. Friends with opposing views have been blocked on social media.
Families and loved ones disagreeing on politics is not new, of course. Ron Reagan Jr., son of conservative hero Ronald Reagan, is an outspoken atheist liberal. In fact, a 2015 academic study published in the American Sociological Review dispelled the myth that children get their ideology from their parents.
Differences in political beliefs used to be a private matter. Remember the adage: Never talk religion or politics. But this year, family political disputes are playing out very publicly. And not just between your cousin and grandpa on Facebook. Politicians running for office have family members actively campaigning against them.
That family members feel emboldened, or even obligated, to speak out against their kin — and that this has been the case in at least four races this year — seems to be a sign of the times. Here they are:
This does not mean they are right of course; kids seldom are. Liberals never are. 