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How to Handle MAGA Relatives at the Family Dinner You Shouldn’t Even Be Having
Don’t go home for Thanksgiving — but if you do, here’s how to deal with Trump-loving family members.
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I already tried to tell y’all that a Thanksgiving gathering isn’t worth a tragic death by Christmas, so the best idea this year is to stay the fuck home and make your own turkey. Turkey isn’t that bad if you inject it with Cajun seasoning or ask some Black man over 40 in the South to deep-fry it for you. But the problem isn’t the bird — it’s the people foolishly gathering around this week to eat it.
As the latest travel reports show, many won’t be opting for cooking at home or ordering takeout: Americans are flying at pre-plague levels.
Y’all are really going home to honor a holiday that began in genocide by spreading germs in the middle of a plague. The irony is noted, but we as a nation could really stand to fall back on the needless death. I’m not here to lecture about those choices anymore, though. I wish you all the best and pray you don’t have to end up watching a bunch of Zoom funerals next month.
Usually, frustrating…
