Help! Need advice about talking to fairly conservative nephew

@doschicos I don’t disagree with your own worldview BUT America is a very large and diverse place. So simply being fiscally conservative would make you “right of center.” In liberal areas, the “conservatives” are actually more libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative. You would be eaten alive if you expressed racist or sexist views. I’ve never even heard the expression “to jew me” or whatever that was. Just like all liberals aren’t communists (though that might not hold for the People’s Republic of Cambridge :wink: ), all conservatives aren’t fiscally conservative AND socially conservative (which doesn’t have to mean racist, misogynist). The political spectrum is not simplistic. It is nuanced. I find this name calling intellectually lazy.

There are truly bigoted and hateful people in the world. I was walking with my children in the mall and had someone behind us yelling “I hate white people.” They were really scared. There is plenty of bad behavior to go around. Most people however, I think are good and they want the world to be a better place. I think it is fine if some people think going the way of Venezuela towards becoming an economic basketcase is wrong. And I think it is fine that some people want to provide safety nets. Both viewpoint are from people hoping for a better world. And they can balance each other if they don’t shut down conversation . A truly liberal POV allows for diversity which includes philosophies. Being Hateful is abhorrent from anyone and should be identified as such.