Politics At Family Reunions - 06.26.25

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, guys, it's summer family reunion time. We all

(00:02):
know things jump off at the family reunion, like dealing
with family members who disagree with you about politics. Now,
this is according to asmen dot com. Uh, they say
they give you some suggestions on how to deal with
a spouse or loved one, family member, whatever who has
a different political view. First of all, you gotta set boundaries,

(00:25):
all right, set up some ground rules as to win
and wear it's appropriate to have these kinds of conversations.
For instance, Junior, you're at your family reunion. You know
you guys are starting about the political start talking about
the political climate. What's gonna you gotta set those boundaries
because what will happen in your family? Yeah, if you.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Voted for Trump, you can't eat.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
You.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
That light is over.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, come in here talking about you voted for him,
and watch you don't get a plate at this family union.
Get that's easy boundary.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
There are people going through this though. Yeah, yeah, it's
a divide for sure. Uh what about listening? Like some
people tune out when they start hearing something they don't
agree with or want to be a part of. Don't
be so quick to interrupt and tell them why they're wrong.
Just hear them out. So asthmen dot Com is telling

(01:20):
you to hear your family members out. You guys agree
or disagree with that politics. I do especially have family
gather That's the last thing I want to talk about.
You don't want to talk about it.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
Okay, a question at the family reunion and you have
a relative that walked up wearing a Trump shirt make
America Great Again, Bernagg family t shirt, Maga t shirt?
What what's happening fing to?

Speaker 1 (01:50):
But you in the here with that's noting to do.
I'm going to bust you in the here with these
beings that you come in here with your shirt, Jor.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
I mean you can you can wear the Trump shirt.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
You can wear that. That's your right.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
We'll let you express that. But you're gonna be hungry
for eight hours soon as you start looking over at
the desert.

Speaker 3 (02:10):
Put the sweet potato pie down, James. Why don't you
go get you want the punkin pie?

Speaker 2 (02:14):
That's what Trump eating.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
You're not eating here.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
This this is not it's not gonna happen.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
There's another thing they suggest, they suggest. Okay, you guys
are family, right, you'll you all share the same bloodline.
All of that. Find some common ground that you guys
can basically agree on, you know, yeah, you know, it
gives you a basic sensive unity and connection. It's some corn.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
So as you're coming there with the Trump shirt and
want to find some common ground. So we see the
Trump shirt, all the family seper start coming out about you,
jameson ain't really your kids? Even your kids, James, We're
gonna start telling everything about you. Family is in a
green everybody, the real daddy stay in tax A candle comes.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Make your daddy great again.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
That make your daddy great again?

Speaker 1 (03:20):
All right? That comes the common ground. Okay, all right, okay, all.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
Right, a nerd coming with the shirt on.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
I'm surprised though you guys have kept it really cool
because no fights have broken out yet.

Speaker 3 (03:36):
No, he said, if they wear a shirt and the
big beans remember.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
But yeah, all right, yeah, okay, then a fight will
start after that.

Speaker 3 (03:48):
All right.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
The last one is knowing when it's time to move on. Okay,
can we just move on? Things have gotten a little heated.
You know, if you're smart, you'll know when it's time
to take a break. Hopefully that'll be before one of
you blurts out something that you can't take back.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, something painful. Okay. So scenario sitting at the Domino
table or the Spades tape and then you sitting over
there with a Maga hat on the red ma manhet,
let's stop.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
Them old me?

Speaker 3 (04:20):
Are not gonna take that?

Speaker 2 (04:21):
Them old me and not gonna take that like he crazy.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
You're about to get. You about to get stuff.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
I told you he was doing that stuff.

Speaker 3 (04:30):
Did I tell you that.

Speaker 1 (04:35):
You're about to get four or five cigarette burns? That's
what you're about to get.

Speaker 3 (04:41):
The Domino table, all right?

Speaker 1 (04:45):
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