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more about #valleywag more comments → Tits_LaRue: "Sometimes it's just best to let older relatives be racist for a little while..." Thanks for the questionable advice, but how about: "No." Hasn't th... more » gawkimo: The last time I pointed out to a teabagging wackadoodle that Czars come from Imperial Russia not Communist Russia he looked at me like I was speaking ... more » MisterHippity: When the relatives get you down, just close your eyes and imagine "Turkey Lurkey Time" in your head. Before you know it, a smile will slowly sprea... more » BadUncle: When it comes to healthcare, I just tell my GOP relatives that my most-recent doctor has opted out of all HMOs. He sent a letter telling everyone he c... more » Mediahohoho: Had I gone home to the heartland, I would have been surrounded by 25 family members, including some from the family my nephew married into, the matria... more » Lysergic Asset: The Burroughs Thanksgiving Prayer is awesome, if deeply and unapologetically cynical. It's a great complement to this comment thread. more » flossy: At my Thanksgiving dinner we had, among others: my quasi-aunt who loves Jesus so much she writes Bible verses on everything, like wrapping paper and g... more » Swifter: On Thanksgiving days of yore, the officers would wear their dress blues and bring their families to the mess hall to eat with the troops. Politics wer... more » Atilla the Bun: Have your relatives over to your house and cook them a vegan Thanksgiving dinner. They'll be bitching about the food so much they won't have the tim... more » jordos1: I always look forward to my brother's spittle spewing, red faced, ultra neocon rants, freshly regurgitated from his lunch hour listening to Rush Limba... more » OliversArmy: Whenever my conservative relatives bring up "socialist" medicine during family get-togethers I simply tell them that I have recently been diagnosed wi... more » MyNameIsChris: Or take my wife's approach and yell "cunt" at the dinner table as often as possible. more » Benny: I see pretty much eye to eye with most of my relatives, at least in so far as I'm aware (one creationist, but he's a paradox and damn nice fellow). Fo... more » TheBusinessGuy: I recall one family gathering with my ex-wife's observant Jewish relatives in which both the New York Times and I were deemed insufficiently pro-Israe... more » allyzay: You could just not visit your family. It's not the law. more » -
