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My wife and I long ago established a family policy to take the high road--sometimes it's hard, but in the long run it saves a lot of grief. I have a first cousin who is so rabid lefty it's almost indescribable. He will not even speak to his own daughter or his twin brother. He emailed a while ago saying, you probably hate me, but I'll be going through your town and asked if we wanted to have breakfast with him (he was on his way to a BMW motorcycle gathering). We said sure; he said just don't bring any guns. We had breakfast (I carried--no one tells me what to do about that). On the saddle bag of his classic BMW he had a bumper sticker saying "Don't Mistake Your Racism for Patriotism." I laughed to myself. He later sold his bike, Corvette, and Mercedes and bought an electric Ioniq. When passing through, he wouldn't visit my brother, who's the chair of the Art Department at UAB (ever hear of a conservative artist) because he didn't want to spend any more time in Alabama than he had to. I still wish him well, even though I doubt I'll ever see him again.

<blockquote data-quote="Obie1" data-source="post: 8985123" data-attributes="member: 30035"><p>My wife and I long ago established a family policy to take the high road--sometimes it&#039;s hard, but in the long run it saves a lot of grief.&nbsp; I have a first cousin who is so rabid lefty it&#039;s almost indescribable.&nbsp; He will not even speak to his own daughter or his twin brother.&nbsp; He emailed a while ago saying, you probably hate me, but I&#039;ll be going through your town and asked if we wanted to have breakfast with him (he was on his way to a BMW motorcycle gathering).&nbsp; We said sure; he said just don&#039;t bring any guns.&nbsp; We had breakfast (I carried--no one tells me what to do about that).&nbsp; On the saddle bag of his classic BMW he had a bumper sticker saying &quot;Don&#039;t Mistake Your Racism for Patriotism.&quot;&nbsp; I laughed to myself.&nbsp; He later sold his bike, Corvette, and Mercedes and bought an electric Ioniq. When passing through, he wouldn&#039;t visit my brother, who&#039;s the chair of the Art Department at UAB (ever hear of a conservative artist) because he didn&#039;t want to spend any more time in Alabama than he had to.&nbsp; I still wish him well, even though I doubt I&#039;ll ever see him again.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Obie1, post: 8985123, member: 30035"] My wife and I long ago established a family policy to take the high road--sometimes it's hard, but in the long run it saves a lot of grief. I have a first cousin who is so rabid lefty it's almost indescribable. He will not even speak to his own daughter or his twin brother. He emailed a while ago saying, you probably hate me, but I'll be going through your town and asked if we wanted to have breakfast with him (he was on his way to a BMW motorcycle gathering). We said sure; he said just don't bring any guns. We had breakfast (I carried--no one tells me what to do about that). On the saddle bag of his classic BMW he had a bumper sticker saying "Don't Mistake Your Racism for Patriotism." I laughed to myself. He later sold his bike, Corvette, and Mercedes and bought an electric Ioniq. When passing through, he wouldn't visit my brother, who's the chair of the Art Department at UAB (ever hear of a conservative artist) because he didn't want to spend any more time in Alabama than he had to. I still wish him well, even though I doubt I'll ever see him again. [/QUOTE]

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