A storied American tradition is swiftly approaching. It involves turkey, tense conversations and maybe a smallpox blanket or two. OK, that last part only happened once, but honestly I wouldn’t rule it out for 2025.

Yes that’s right! It’s time for the annual How To Talk To Your Far-Right Relatives at Thanksgiving article. Or, if you are a Trump supporter, it’s the How To Talk To Your Liberal Cousin Who Probably Got Three Abortions While The Turkey Was In The Oven article.

You know the drill: Thanksgiving is the time when families gather together, eat their weight in pie, drink three glasses of chardonnay and then fight. So in this fraught political climate, here are some guidelines for protecting your peace—and staying in enough folks’ good graces that you get the last piece of pie:

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To state the obvious, if your family’s politics make you unsafe or make you feel unsafe, you don’t have to show up for dinner. Period. It’s easy for some people to say “put........

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