I did not say that MAGA == pedophiles.
It reads as though you implied it when you said "everything is fine even if Uncle Steve is diddling your daughter (or son)" sardonically. But yes, you didn't say it outright. And yes, I agree that MAGA condones pedophilia.
Refusing to have difficult conversations with family members to hold them accountable allows the bad behavior to continue without challenge or consequence.
You have my complete agreement on this point.
If they don't want to be called Nazis, they should not:
Calling them Nazi is what got Trump voted [into office] in the first and definitely second place[s].
Calling them out on their actions and beliefs wasn't what put him in power. Their actions and beliefs were what put him in power.
Just because that sentence is symmetrical doesn't make it meaningful. "Thing A is equivalent to thing A" is a rather obvious conclusion.
American conservatism and American republicanism are interchangeable with MAGA.
Being a "republican" means different things based on context. The American Republican party is interchangeable with MAGA. The same is generally true of conservatism, although modern conservatism is always a harmful ideology.
Every meeting is a chance to educate them.
As long as you use that opportunity to try to educate them, instead of inviting them over without holding them accountable.
If you want to go to a church on Christmas, you should go to a legitimately Christian church. Regardless of whether you want to go to church on Christmas, you should avoid Christofascist churches. Christofascism is antithetical to Christianity.
That's normal English phrasing.
for not being awful people
I think you meant "for being awful people".
If I am correct, and that is what you meant, I agree with your sentiment that family time is the most important and useful time to hold family accountable, and that holding family accountable is a moral imperative.
I did no such thing [a goalpost move].
I won't deny that American conservatism protects pedophiles. But you equated conservatism with committing direct molestation of a child, which was a goalpost move.
Not everyone that has a different political orientation is molesting children or some other extremity.
True.
Family time isn’t a time and place for politics for either side.
I believe people have a responsibility to hold family accountable. Politics rest on ethics, and supporters of the modern-day US Republican party have chosen hate over morality. A family gathering is an ideal time to hold family accountable. Naturally, exceptions should be made for events such as funerals and wakes.
protecting the Vietnam war
Protesting?
So your approach is just not talking about the problems? Very healthy. /s
The "see no evil, speak no evil" crowd aren't much help to the downtrodden. /li