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How Estrangement Has Become an Epidemic in America (time.com)

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He’s a father of a 28-year-old son and he’s hurting. A retired police officer, he proudly voted for Donald Trump every time he ran and never hid his political beliefs from his family. “My son and his wife say that since I’m a fan of Trump they’re no fan of mine and cut me off,” he said. “Now I can’t see my only grandchild who I was so close to. It’s crazy and it’s tragic.”

It’s also increasingly common. The 2024 election spatchcocked the nation, widening a rift that was exposed in 2016 and put in an even sharper gulf four years later. Now, the hyper-partisan politics in the shadow of the 2024 election is breaking the bonds of families to a greater extent than ever before.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Choosing bonds of identity over familial obligations" has judgemental connotations.

The thing about "bonds of identity" is that those people respect your right to exist and your personal agency. The family that deserves to be cut off does not.

If you've had it explained to you multiple times why the decisions you make are harming the people you claim to love, and you don't change your behavior, don't be surprised when that person you say you care about tells you to piss up a rope.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

And for some of us we've built a culture around it because family has historically failed us as a community