I can’t imagine that any of you haven’t experienced a time or more when a congenial conversation turned angry, perhaps aggressively so, when the mere mention of conservative vs. liberal orientation or reference to a topic with hot-button partisan overtones one way or another didn’t abruptly end the entire discussion.

Leaving no doubt regarding my own heavily tilted political leanings has sadly frayed and handicapped otherwise cordial, sometimes very affectionate relationships with family members and long-time friends.

Might I have done more, behaved better, to prevent or mend these cleavages before they became terminal?

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