Had conversation with magat at dinner

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48. I have a relative who has always been pretty far

right so I stopped talking politics with him several years ago. These days, the only communication we have is 3 times a year, through greeting cards at Christmas and his b-day and mine. He used to have me on an e-mail list to receive RW talking points but I only responded once, to gently question something. The messages stopped coming. Since we live several hundred miles apart and I refuse to talk politics, he does not know that I volunteered locally on both of Obama's campaigns. I even visited him once during that time but never brought it up. He refers to his wife, children, and grandchilfren as his Klan.

A cousin I used to be close with in childhood has become far right, but his father is a staunch Dem. I kept in touch with the cousin and avoided politics until the time we were both visiting his father, who insisted on arguing politics. I agreed with my uncle a couole times while there. The next time I spoke to the cousin by phone, he cut the conversation short. Hasn't contacted me since and does not respond if I contact him.

I remember teachers telling us how the Civil War divided families as well as the states. Now we get to see that for ourselves.

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