Reply to Is it ever worth not having a relationship with family over ideological issues?

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Is it ever worth not having a relationship with family over ideological issues?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup. Done this repeatedly with racist and homophobic family members. Yes, you are free to have your hateful opinion. And I am free to not associate with such people.

I explain to my children (and my DH agrees) that when we do not call people out for this sort of thing, we are condoning it and allowing it to continue to grow and hurt people. We are complicit. And you folks who are like "grandma's nice but racist" are complicit. You are feeding this fire of hate. Ugly but true.[/quote]

And I'm free to say how sad I think this militant stance is for your kids.[/quote]

I don't see what's "militant" about this stance.  When your kids turn out to spout racist/homophobe beliefs, don't scratch your head as to where they got it from of you're the type to just ignore it because you want free babysitting and baked goods from your extended family.[/quote]

Come back in twenty years when your kids cut you off for your beliefs.[/quote]

Exactly.  You're also teaching your kids that they dare not voice an independent thought that differs from Mom and Dad lest they be cut off.  PP who cuts off and mentions baked goods is unbelievably shallow and controlling at the same time.[/quote]

Meh. I don't buy this. There are absolute wrongs in this world- yes society dictates them and why but they do exist. Racism isn't a "two sides to every story" kind of issue. There is an absolute wrong. You are not "intolerant" because you don't accept speech that actively tries to hurt or deny others. Not everything is equal. I don't tolerate white supremacists- to pretend that makes me somehow "just as bad" as them is a ridiculous statement and you  know it.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics