Deprogram your relatives this Thanksgiving

[TlalocW]

3. I am Mister Political, and my family realizes it, but I put it away at family gatherings

And most of the family does as well, but there have been a couple times...

My brother-in-law's relatively new stepdad is very religious and even looks like a televangelist. Has this holier-than-thou look on his face all the time. I was in a turkey coma on the couch at my sister's house when he just wandered into the living room and addressed me on some FOX talking points. I don't remember what, but I said something like, "Oh, you got that from so-and-so, right? (Yes) Yeah, that's a complete misrepresentation of what actually happened." I then proceeded to give him a historical breakdown of what really happened, how right-wing media got a hold of it, and finally the the spin the FOX host put on it without letting him get a word in, and I finished off with something like, "I mean, you'd have to be crazy to believe that Obama would even do/say something like that because no matter what else you think about him, he's too smart of a politician to do so." His face fell, and he went into the kitchen where I heard him talking to my sister who told him not to test me.

The other time, another turkey coma, and everyone around me started talking about abortion. I feigned being asleep but my now ex-nephew-in-law said he knew I wasn't asleep and asked for my opinion with a shit-eating grin on his face. I responded with, "I can give you my opinion, and then we can argue about it, and I guarantee that I will piss you all off more than you do me, or we can break out the board games like we always do and have a nice time. Which would you like to do, nephew-in-law? How about the rest of you?"

We played board games.

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