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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] -14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don’t try to equate liberals to understanding the empathy of progressives. Liberals are supporting a genocide as we speak. They’re rightwingers who believe themselves to be on the left. They are not.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Liberal and Left are literally synonyms. The distinctions you want would be left/far-left or liberal/radical.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/leftright/

[In politics, the word left is applied to people and groups that have liberal views.]

supporting a genocide

You use "genocide" so many times that you are causing me to yawn every time I read that. You don't have the slightest clue on the actual things that would be required to fix Gaza. "Letting Trump win" is absolutely nowhere on that list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Nope. “Liberal” is a right-wing ideology. And I completely believe you yawn at genocide.