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Is It Time to Shun Our QAnon Family?
After Trump’s failed coup d’etat, America is rightfully obsessed with rooting out Republican traitors at the Capitol. But perhaps it is time we look closer to home and condemn those in our circle of influence who fought to overturn the election.
If you thought Crazy Uncle Joe made the holidays uncomfortable, think about how you will feel when he voices his support for the insurrection.
Is it time we stop enabling this behavior and cut off our QAnon family members, banishing them from our society as traitors to their country?
It’s painful to consider since fully 31 percent of those polled supported the riots. Many of us may be uncomfortable at the prospect of cutting off such a large chunk of our family because we suspect it is a rift that can never be healed.
In the past, many of us judged the familial divide as a mere difference of opinion, politely resigning ourselves to keeping the peace by not engaging in discussions of current events.
The liberal approach has been one that seeks compromise, meeting the needs of…
