Good luck with any MAGA relatives you may encounter over the Thanksgiving holiday

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29. It's always me - the liberal loudmouth - that has to shut down talks of politics

And always when I'm trying to slip into a food coma on the couch.

My brother-in-law's stepdad is a holy roller (looks like a smarmy televangelist), and he literally just came up to me once and challenged me on something Obama did. I don't remember exactly what it was, but thanks to DU, I had read all about it so I fast-talked him (didn't give him a chance to respond) through what it really was and the conservative media misrepresentation of it and the obvious ways their interpretation was nonsense. His smug smile quickly disappeared, and he especially didn't like that I ended it with, "Any questions?" He walked off to complain to my equally-as-conservative-as-he-is sister about me in the kitchen, and I could hear her telling him it was his own fault for challenging me.

Another time, they actually brought up abortion while I was trying to feign that I was asleep, but my then nephew-in-law (who's an asshole) tried to rope me into it, and I responded with, "Really? We're going to do the whole bring up politics thing at Thanksgiving thing? Do you really think that's a good idea?" Entire family - except him - laughed, and they moved on.