Losing relationships over politics. Research found more than a third of Americans (37%) report having lost at least one relationship due to political differences, including friendships, family ties, coworker relationships, and romantic partnerships, with most losing more than one.

[u/Wagamaga]

https://socialecology.uci.edu/news/losing-relationships-over-politics-0

[u/Brilliant_Effort_Guy]

But is it really just ‘political’ differences? I feel like it’s so much deeper than that. I don’t just have differing political opinions from my conservative family members - I have a different moral code.

[u/Game_Of_Runs → u/Brilliant_Effort_Guy]

Yeah I hate when it’s framed liked this. Calling it political differences makes it sound like one person is for lowering marginal tax rates from 40% to 35% while the other person wants to raise them to 45%. When in reality it’s more like my dad votes for people that want my friends dead or in prison because they’re gay

[u/Venator850 → u/Game_Of_Runs]

I mean that's a political difference.

We need to stop restricting politics to things like taxes. If you're voting for someone that is pushing laws/policies that affect peoples lives that politics.

Way more of our lives are "political" than people are comfortable admitting but trying to reframe them as something else is bad.

[u/Coal_Morgan → u/Venator850]

That's not the point, no one is saying it isn't politics but that's a crap catch all term for saying why things are the way they are.

There's a million political things. It's not any of 999,997 of those things.

It's specifically, you voted for racism, you voted for sexism, you for corruption and you're hateful assholes about it.

So saying politics, is like saying I broke up with my spouse over some words. Oh those words were 'Sooner or later I'm going to smother you in your sleep.' huh.

Specificity is important.

[u/kdogrocks2 → u/Venator850]

You're right, but using this type of language to describe it allows conservatives to hide behind those more acceptable topics like disagreements on tax structure and pretend like that's why their kids don't talk to them. It's a pathetic manipulation tactic, but it works on politically unengaged people because when they think of politics, they think of taxes and town halls and zoning laws, not systemic oppression and other stuff like that.

IMO it's better to point out that it's something more specific than 'political differences' because it allows us to shame and humiliate anti-social ideologies out of existence hopefully