Deep Dive: Surviving Thanksgiving - Tips for Family Gatherings

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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There’s a prominent conservative news host who announced that, since the election, his liberal mother has un-invited him from Thanksgiving dinner . How sad to destroy a family over something like politics ... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:34.7	There's a prominent conservative news host who announced that since the election, his liberal mother has uninvited him from Thanksgiving dinner.
0:40.2	How sad. To destroy a family over something like politics.
0:46.5	Thirty years ago, people could talk about being Democrats or Republicans or none of the above,
0:53.1	and nobody wished anybody dead. But that's not the case today. Even in families, much less friendships. It used to be that you'd argue a little bit,
0:56.9	and then get on with your day and watch the game. Now we excommunicate, hate, become belligerent,
1:04.3	and insulting, and rejecting. No wonder so many of you feel like you can't be authentic
1:10.7	about your thoughts and feelings.
1:13.4	And the truth is that most people are ignorant and uninformed, even about their own point of view.
1:20.5	I'm going to repeat that. Most people are reasonably ignorant, not sufficiently informed about their own point of view. And the only
1:30.1	information they're willing to put into their heads is that which confirms what they already
1:35.1	think. So much of the time, when there's a difference in political opinion between two people,
1:40.9	each person is only aware of their half of the loaf. They don't even know what's in the
1:45.8	other half. They're drawing their conclusions based solely on their half a loaf. That's what I
1:52.4	explained to married couple Chris and Kristen when they called me during the heated political climate
1:58.2	that marked the COVID crisis.
2:05.5	Kristen and Chris, welcome to the program.
2:08.1	Hi, thank you so much, Dr. Larr, for taking our call.
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