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Dan Rene: Thankful for Keeping Politics to Yourself
Dan Rene warns that political talk at Thanksgiving can damage family ties and suggests focusing on gratitude to preserve relationships during holiday stress.
- This year, Dan Rene, strategic communications counselor at Dan Rene Communications in Fairfax, Va., advised keeping politics off Thanksgiving to protect families, publishing the advice on InsideSources.com.
- In recent years, political talk has shifted from online comment sections to family living rooms, where sharper, more personal views and holiday stress amplify disputes at gatherings.
- One careless comment can ignite a fight that overshadows the entire day, causing the host who basted the turkey to apologize and two relatives to stop speaking.
- Choose connection instead of conflict and share family memories because next year guests may be different; look for agreement and appreciation, and steer conversations to safe topics like careers, travel, or the latest show.
- Because politics will still be waiting tomorrow, there's little reason to invite conflict today, as families are meant to offer unconditional love but remain fragile, and hosting effort deserves protection.
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Commentary: Thankful for keeping politics to yourself
There is a familiar saying that you can choose your friends, but not your family. For most of the year, that fact can feel like a blessing and a curse. During the holidays, when we squeeze around crowded tables, eat more than we should, and bring many personalities into one home, it should feel like a blessing. Family members are the people who allow you to be yourself. You can be silly, serious, vulnerable or anything in between. Even when disa…
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