The best advice on intra-family political conflict

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5. directing this simplistic drivel to only one party defeats the whole point of the philosophy.

if that's the premise for family therapy, where both father and son hear the same speech and both are wanting to connect on a personal level, then sure, that's a great frame for the hard work that lies ahead.

but we all know people (mostly fauxsnooze addicts) who can't help but inject their hatred into every social gathering. it's not enough to tell the people on the receiving end of this inappropriate behavior to just love and respect everyone. that only works if both sides play nice, which obviously isn't the case here.