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>>lawles+(OP)
Too bad the only people that will watch this are people who already understand the terror of what is happening. It might have helped a little if it had aired. My MAGA dad still watches 60 Minutes (no idea why, habit?) This might have penetrated his TDS-addled skull if it had aired. But the takeover of CBS by Trump and Ellison (and his 1980's-college-villain son) with Weiss is complete, and vile.

>>why-o-+yr
Maybe suggest he watch? Maybe he's interested in what CBS's leadership refused to tell him.

Streisand Effect and all.

>>suzdud+Kr
I debated asking, but I talk to him only a few times a year and we both work really hard to avoid politics. I realize it is my responsibility if I want to see change, but I just lack the skills.

>>why-o-+ts
Your (positive) relationship with him is way more important than trying to change his mind politically.

>>mlrtim+JX
You don’t actually know this. Plenty of parents have stopped interacting with their children over politics, and vice versa.

Really think you should consider not giving advice to people from a place of ignorance regarding their individual family situations.

>>Timoro+Et2
Unless a Parent/Child was physically or mentally abused (by clinical standards) then I confident that stopping interacting with them over politics alone is foolish.

>>mlrtim+4A3
Maybe, but also maybe politics can be a reflection of a person’s actions in a broader sense, for which it is perfectly reasonable to disengage from them when those actions have a negative impact.

>>christ+4D3
Yeah, I don’t see why one should wait until after the abuse occurs (“by clinical standards”, above commenter says) to begin defending oneself. As you say, politics isn’t divorced from the rest of their psyche.

It’s predictable that a person who e.g. yells slurs and threatens violence against (whoever they perceive as) gay people on TV is going to progress to actual violence against the gay people in their life, more often than not.