@profgalloway: Some thoughts on how to talk to a family member whose political views have changed, from Monday’s episode of Office Hours on The Prof G Pod.
It’s not politics anymore, they are showing you their morals.
2025-07-15 15:23:13
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Bitsygill :
I just lose respect for anyone who thinks alligator Alcatraz is a reasonable thing
2025-07-15 19:29:28
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Kathy Long :
1st it’s not 50% of the population. 2nd they think I’m evil and demonic for believing in basic human rights. They broke the social contract. Talking to people who live a completely different reality is disorienting at best, at worst, deeply disturbing. Life is too short to hang out with cultists
2025-07-16 10:58:35
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sure_ok_fine :
I would argue that supporting Trump means they support ideas you are morally opposed to. Are those really people you want to remain friends with?
2025-07-16 20:16:07
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vbart16 :
So 50% of his friends are morally corrupt and that’s ok?
Sorry Scott but hard NO! No need to apologize for being compassionate and they want my friends and family to lose everything
2025-07-15 18:19:16
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Callie Lynn :
It’s not 50% of the population; it is 50% of those who voted in the last election. Nearly 40% of eligible voters did not vote.
2025-07-15 23:56:56
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nikkichris25 :
But then they are allowed to be bad people who support atrocities with no social consequences. Nope.
2025-07-16 01:15:41
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*sultry music* :
0% of my friends are Trump supporters and that's exactly as it should be
2025-07-15 21:17:29
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Ty K. 🆘️🇺🇲✊🏾 :
If it was politics I'd agree with him. But this isn't politics. For many people it's life and death. It's safety and danger. It's moral and immoral. None of this is politics. So I beg to differ. When I know someone supports what's happening, is MAGA, or a Trump supporter I have a visceral physical reaction and immediately know that person will NEVER be safe on any level for me or my child. THAT is not politics. 😳😳😳
2025-07-15 17:41:37
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Jessielaboo✨🇨🇦 :
Hard nope dude bro.
2025-07-16 01:10:14
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RagingUnicornz🌎🇺🇸🌍🇺🇸🌏 :
This is beyond politics. They are embracing bigotry and hatred and fear.
2025-07-15 20:53:32
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Gracie :
Dictators rise when the common human stands by and watches.
2025-07-15 17:08:18
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Monimona 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 :
Nope. I’m not compromising my standards to keep a friendship with someone whose values are not aligning with mine. It’s not a difference of opinion. It’s incompatibility with my fundamental beliefs.
2025-07-17 05:35:50
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kwikmoney215818 :
I'm exhausted having to pull people along to basic common decency.
2025-07-15 18:04:49
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Ben :
It's not "mere politics" it's a fundamental difference of values.
2025-07-15 17:02:34
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CatherineSorensen 🆘🇺🇸 :
Maybe they are bad people, people who don’t deserve your friendship?
2025-07-15 18:41:18
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Kevin Stephens :
I hear you Scott and that would be great but today it's not just left or right, it's democracy, empathy, and pluralism versus autocracy, cruelty, and ethno fascism. These are questions of morality not preferences and I'd argue that one should place more emphasis on values than on maintaining relationships with immoral people.
2025-07-15 17:43:14
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JJ🐾 :
I respectfully disagree. I will not surround myself with cruelty and hate
2025-07-16 10:17:32
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stynskool87 💙 :
No this time is different. This time around it's much more than politics. It's about mortality & humanity.
2025-07-15 19:04:52
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hi.Neil :
It’s so hard!! And growing up, it didn’t seem like we wore our politics on our sleeves quite so much
2025-07-15 19:13:06
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the_o_g_karen :
"I'm such a privileged white male I can ignore my friends who hurt other people. It doesn't affect me so I don't bother."
2025-07-17 13:43:10
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Have a great day 😁 :
No way, no how would I want someone in my life that supports the BS that is currently going down in our country right now. I draw the line at the camps. Anyone who supports what is going on in there is pure evil. Its a humanitarian issue at this point and a MAJOR character flaw.
2025-07-15 17:28:24
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FrankOxygen :
Nah, we’re beyond this now. That river has been crossed.
2025-07-15 21:59:47
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