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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it’s interesting / disheartening the majority opinion here seems to be that conversation with the friend would change nothing or be counterproductive.  I’ve certainly had conversations that have changed the way I think about important / controversial topics.  am curious to hear more why people think this is a lost cause[/quote]

I don't think it's a lost cause--but I do think that OP and her husband think they have an impregnable moral high ground and that they are likely to be surprised and displeased by the response they get to them communicating that position.

If they're up for that experience and for working through it toward some actual end other than getting across that they are right and that the letter signer is wrong, then by all means they should pursue the conversation.

It honestly doesn't sound like they are, though--perhaps for reasons of political conviction, perhaps just because it's far too charged a moment for it to be emotionally possible.

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