{"id":2106435,"date":"2023-11-23T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-discuss-osama-bin-laden-decolonization-and-other-controversial-topics-with-your-family-at-thanksgiving\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T05:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:22:12","slug":"how-to-discuss-osama-bin-laden-decolonization-and-other-controversial-topics-with-your-family-at-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-discuss-osama-bin-laden-decolonization-and-other-controversial-topics-with-your-family-at-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating &#8216;Controversial&#8217; Topics at Thanksgiving: Talking Osama Bin Laden, Decolonization, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-to-discuss-osama-bin-laden-decolonization-and-other-controversial-topics-with-your-family-at-thanksgiving%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2106435&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Happy Thanksgiving, knuckleheads!<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again. Liberal journalists (but\u200d I repeat myself) are freaking out about having\u2064 to spend some\u200b quality time in real\u200d America with their families\u2014who\u2063 love them for\u200b the most part but really \u2064wish they would get a life and a\u2062 real\u2064 job like everyone else. So they start \u2064writing all these\u2064 articles and casting pods about &#8220;how to talk to \u2063your crazy MAGA uncle\u200b at\u2063 Thanksgiving&#8221; or \u2064&#8221;10 epic PowerPoint slides that will\u2063 convince your gun-loving Republican family to \u2062join Hamas and start caring about soccer.&#8221; \u200dIt&#8217;s sickening.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re \u200banything like me, you just want to\u200d enjoy \u2064Thanksgiving by eating\u2064 to excess, getting blackout drunk, and loving America. You honor the courageous pioneers who settled this country by utilizing incredibly persuasive negotiating tactics against \u2063the native \u200doccupiers. You give thanks to God for our good \u200cfortune,\u200c and watch football on television. The last thing you want is to listen to some punkass pipsqueak handing out \u2062&#8221;fact \u200bsheets&#8221; and lecturing everyone about how\u200c &#8220;freedom is bad&#8221; \u2063and &#8220;crime is \u200bgood.&#8221; Horse puckey!<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to help you\u2014a real \u200dAmerican with a real job and \u200ca life\u2014combat and counteract this insufferable behavior. I&#8217;m not an \u200cintellectual powerhouse by any means, though many have described me as \u2062such. My considerable knowledge\u200c was\u200c acquired from experience, not\u2063 by reading about it on a \u200cwebsite or\u2064 pamphlet distributed \u2062by \u200dtrust-fund hippies \u2064at the Harvard &#8220;die-in&#8221; for &#8220;climate martyrs.&#8221; I want to make \u200csure you are armed to the teeth with \u200bthe necessary weapons (metaphorical and real, if necessary) to survive your Thanksgiving encounter with your loathsome liberal relative.<\/p>\n<h3>First, a few nuggets of advice you should always remember:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Go \u200don the offensive!<\/strong> \u200b The best \u200cway to defend yourself in\u200b these situations \u2063is to strike preemptively. \u200dDon&#8217;t \u2064go groveling to the United Nations for approval.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t hold back!<\/strong> Always use\u2062 overwhelming (argumentative)\u200c force. If you&#8217;re going to fight, <em>end\u2063 the fight<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t\u2064 be a victim!<\/strong> For \u200bcrying out loud, you&#8217;re never going to win\u2063 an argument with a \u200bliberal that \u2064way. They thrive on\u2062 victimhood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next, \u2063a reading \u2063assignment. I have assembled the following sample conversation\u2014based \u2063on my considerable experience\u2014between myself (Uncle Strickland) and \u2064my nephew, Brayden, \u200ca\u200c 35-year-old bachelor who lives in Brooklyn with three roommates and does God\u200c knows what\u200d for a \u2063living while living off my sister&#8217;s dime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Hey, slim, what&#8217;d you think of\u2064 the WNBA Finals?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: I mean, A&#8217;ja Wilson is The GOAT, \u2062fam. Like, I honestly wasn&#8217;t sure the Aces \u200bcould recover after \u2063Chelsea Gray went\u2064 down with that foot injury, but they really fought\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: \u2064It was a rhetorical questions, dumbass! Are you \u200cserious right now? No one \u2063cares\u2063 about the WNBA, not even the actors they pay\u200d to sit in the stands and watch that garbage. The league is a joke.\u200b Their best team would lose to a bunch \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-parents-group-demands-netflix-be-investigated-for-pornographic-show-involving-middle-schoolers\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Parents Group Demands Netflix Be Investigated For Pornographic Show Involving Middle-Schoolers\">middle school boys<\/a> in \u200dwheelchairs. It doesn&#8217;t \u200bmake any money, \u200cso \u2062it relies on subsidies from actual job creators. Kind of \u200dlike you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Whatever,\u2064 there&#8217;s nothing funny about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feminist-group-condemns-ncaa-for-ignoring-pleas-of-female-swimmers-shielding-trans-swimmer-who-didnt-do-particularly-well-in-mens-swimming-competitions\/\" title=\"Feminist Group Condemns NCAA For Ignoring Pleas Of Female Swimmers, Shielding Trans Swimmer \u2018Who Didn\u2019t Do Particularly Well In Men\u2019s Swimming Competitions\u2019\">supporting female athletes<\/a> and gender equality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: You got that right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: That&#8217;s actually pretty insulting to all\u2063 the little girls who are inspired by watching female athletes succeed at the highest \u2062level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Yeah, like <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/a-shameful-prisoner-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brittney\u200b Griner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Exactly. What\u200d about\u2062 her?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Russian prison is a high-level prison.\u200b Isn&#8217;t that where she ended up for drug smuggling?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Well, technically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: No one is above the\u200c law, right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: She was targeted for being a woman of color, not\u2064 to mention\u2063 a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: That&#8217;s easy \u2064for you to say.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Pardon?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Now that you mention it, it&#8217;s kind of \u2063funny watching grown men dominate in women&#8217;s sports. Isn&#8217;t that \u2062what &#8220;TQ&#8221; stands for? &#8220;Testosterone Queens&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Ugh, \u200cthat&#8217;s not what that stands for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: It&#8217;s gotta suck for those little girls, though. Trying to compete physically against a grown ass\u2063 man?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u2064They&#8217;re actually women. Gender is a\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Jesus Christ, here we\u2062 go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Whatever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Whatever is right.\u2063 Gender \u2064is whatever we say it is. Only a bigot \u200dwould disagree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Pretty much.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I guess\u200b you&#8217;re still mad that expensive high school you went to wasn&#8217;t \u2064&#8221;progressive&#8221; enough to let you play on the girls&#8217; frisbee team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Frisbee golf, \u200dand it was technically co-ed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Oh, that&#8217;s right, but they still considered\u200b you a safety hazard to yourself \u200dand others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u200bBecause of my\u2063 disability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Oh, I didn&#8217;t realize lack\u200d of coordination was a disability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: It&#8217;s called ADHD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: It&#8217;s called being a spaz, \u200bnumnuts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: That&#8217;s ableism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: My God. I wish\u2062 you\u200b were &#8220;able&#8221; to go\u200d one second without embarrassing this family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: I have to go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u2062 Where?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: I have a Zoom call with my climate therapist in 10\u200d minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I&#8217;m sorry I asked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Not \u2064as sorry as\u2064 my grandchildren will be when the planet&#8217;s on fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Oh, I\u200d didn&#8217;t know\u200b you had kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u2063I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: And no girlfriend, huh?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Not\u2062 at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Right. That&#8217;s fine. You&#8217;re not <em>that<\/em> ugly.\u2064 Surely there&#8217;s a \u200bfeminist out there in need of a weakling to dominate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Like I\u2062 said,\u200d I have \u200cto go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: \u2064Wait a minute. What \u200cyou got there, huh? \u200cI see something tucked away in \u200bthat fancy cardigan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Oh, it&#8217;s\u2063 nothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u2063 Looks like a printout. \u2064Let&#8217;s see \u2063it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Fine. I came\u2064 across something very \u200binteresting on the internet the other day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: You mean\u200c Ting Tong?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: TikTok.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I&#8217;m fascinated already. Go on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: In 2002, a Saudi-born freedom fighter\u2064 named Osama bin Laden, peace \u2064be upon him, wrote a &#8220;Letter to America&#8221; \u200claying out his\u200b grievances\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Let me stop you right there.\u200d I think\u2064 what \u200dyou&#8217;re trying to say is, &#8220;In 2011, a\u2063 Saudi-born\u2062 terrorist bitch named Osama bin Laden, \u2063 <em>may he burn in hell<\/em>, got his brains blown out by American heroes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Can I finish?\u200b Wrote a &#8220;Letter to America&#8221; laying out his grievances, including the ongoing U.S. \u200dsupport\u200d for Israel&#8217;s barbaric occupation of\u200d Palestine and the Holocaust\u2062 of innocent Muslims perpetrated by an elite cabal of\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: No, Brayden, you may not finish.\u200c I would suggest you move to Afghanistan and join the Taliban. I hear \u2063they&#8217;re big WNBA fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>:\u2063 There&#8217;s nothing wrong with being religious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u200b So, Christianity \u2064is fine?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u200dWell, no, obviously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u2062 Yeah, obviously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: It&#8217;s OK for people of color \u200cand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-yoga-national-yoga-group-says-it-will-not-keep-politics-out-of-yoga-after-chauvin-verdict\/\" title=\"Woke Yoga: National Yoga Group Says It Will Not \u2018Keep Politics Out of Yoga\u2019 After Chauvin Verdict\">historically marginalized communities<\/a> to believe in God. It&#8217;s part of their culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u200b But I can&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: White men have \u2062a long history of \u2062using religion as an instrument of colonial oppression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: So you\u200d see a bunch of white folks in\u200c a church shouting &#8220;Praise Jesus!&#8221; and think they&#8217;re\u2063 a bunch \u200dof evil oppressors, but when a bunch\u200c of Muslim terrorists shout &#8220;Allahu Akbar!&#8221; while shooting up\u200b a \u200cmusic festival,\u200c that&#8217;s just &#8220;part of their culture.&#8221; \u2062Is that right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: That&#8217;s not what I said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: So Hamas isn&#8217;t really a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-sends-message-to-democrats-and-rino-republicans-thousands-pouring-into-dc-wont-stand-for-stolen-election\/\" title=\"President Trump Sends Message to Democrats and RINO Republicans: \u2018Thousands Pouring Into DC Won\u2019t Stand for Stolen Election\u2019\">terrorist organization<\/a>, it&#8217;s a \u200dfaith-based community outreach for historically marginalized\u2062 people of color.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: It&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-discuss-osama-bin-laden-decolonization-and-other-controversial-topics-with-your-family-at-thanksgiving\/\" title=\"Navigating 'Controversial' Topics at Thanksgiving: Talking Osama Bin Laden, Decolonization, and More\">armed resistance movement seeking peaceful coexistence<\/a> through decolonization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: By killing all the \u2064Jews?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: By resisting the colonizers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Right. By killing Jews, then running away and \u200bhiding in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: That&#8217;s\u200c Israeli propaganda. But even if Hamas\u2064 fighters do hide in hospitals it&#8217;s understandable because\u200b otherwise\u200d they won&#8217;t win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u200d The terrorists won&#8217;t win?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: The colonizers\u2062 won&#8217;t be resisted successfully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I don&#8217;t think you \u200bunderstand how \u200cstupid you sound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Obviously I don&#8217;t mind the Jews, but\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s obvious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u2062Can I finish?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Racist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: What?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: You&#8217;re a Jew-hating racist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: I know you are but what am I?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: You&#8217;re a racist\u2062 who hates Jews.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Nice try. I&#8217;m actually a Level Six Cadet at the Ibram X. Kendi Academy for Anti-Racist Online Studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: \u2063Oh, yeah? How much did that cost?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: A few \u200cthousand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: That&#8217;s the dumbest thing\u200b I&#8217;ve\u2062 ever\u2062 heard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: It&#8217;s an \u2063investment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I see.\u2063 What&#8217;s your alpha?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>:\u200c I mean, not in the financial \u2064sense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: So, nothing?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u200dSocial progress and personal edification. The returns are incalculable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I bet they are. You know, the thing about\u2064 money is, you can wipe your ass with \u2062it\u200c and it&#8217;s still\u200c legal tender.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: What are\u200b you talking about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: You can wipe your \u2064ass with it, \u200bbut you don&#8217;t \u2064have to set it on fire when you&#8217;re done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: I don&#8217;t follow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: \u2062I&#8217;m sure you don&#8217;t.\u2063 No, if you don&#8217;t \u2062mind, I&#8217;ve got\u2062 to &#8220;see a man about a\u2062 horse.&#8221; Let me borrow that Osama\u2062 letter in case we&#8217;re out of TP in the commode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u2062You should try\u2063 reading it, he \u2064makes some\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: You\u200d should try \u200bgetting a life, working a real job, and stop seeking moral enrichment by\u2064 association with genocidal maniacs. Just a thought. Oh, and by the way, my\u2064 new\u2062 truck gets three miles \u2062to the gallon. Choke on that, son.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can you use\u2062 overwhelming argumentative force to handle discussions with liberal relatives? <\/h2>\n<p><span>  Happy Thanksgiving, knuckleheads!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again. As Thanksgiving approaches, liberal journalists (but\u200d I repeat myself) are getting worked up about having\u2064 \u200dto spend some\u200b quality \u2064time in real\u200d America with their families\u2014who\u2063 love \u200cthem for\u200d the most part but really \u2064wish they would get a life and a\u2062\u2064 real\u2064 job like everyone else. Consequently, they start \u2064writing all these\u2064 articles\u200c and casting pods about &#8220;how to talk to \u2063your crazy\u2062 MAGA uncle\u200b at\u2063 Thanksgiving&#8221; or \u2064&#8221;10 epic PowerPoint slides\u2063 that \u200cwill\u2063 convince \u200cyour gun-loving Republican family to \u2062join Hamas and start caring\u2064 about soccer.&#8221; \u200dQuite frankly, it&#8217;s sickening.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re \u200banything like me, you just want to\u200d \u2062enjoy \u2064Thanksgiving by eating\u2064\u2063 to excess, \u2062getting blackout\u200b drunk, and loving America. You want to honor the courageous pioneers \u2062who settled this country by utilizing incredibly persuasive negotiating tactics against \u2063the \u200bnative \u200doccupiers. You want to give \u2063thanks to God for our good \u200cfortune\u200c, and \u2062watch football on television. The last thing you want is to listen to\u2064 some punkass pipsqueak handing out\u2063 \u2062&#8221;fact\u200b\u200d sheets&#8221; and lecturing \u200deveryone about how\u200c &#8220;freedom is\u200d bad&#8221; \u2063and &#8220;crime is \u200bgood.&#8221; That&#8217;s \u200bpure horse puckey!<\/p>\n<p>My goal with this article is to help\u2064 you\u2014a real \u200dAmerican with a \u200creal job and \u200ca life\u2014combat and counteract this insufferable behavior. \u2063Now, I\u2062 must admit that I&#8217;m not\u200b an \u200cintellectual powerhouse by \u2063any means, \u200bthough many have described me \u200cas\u200c \u2062such. But, fear not! My considerable knowledge\u200c was\u200c acquired from experience, not\u2063 by reading about it on a \u200cwebsite or\u2064 pamphlet distributed \u2062by \u200dtrust-fund hippies \u2064at the Harvard &#8220;die-in&#8221; for &#8220;climate martyrs.&#8221; I \u2064want to make sure you are armed \u200cto the teeth\u2062 with \u2062\u200bthe necessary weapons (metaphorical and real, if necessary) to survive your Thanksgiving encounter with your\u2062 loathsome liberal relative.<\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, here are a\u200b few \u200bnuggets of \u200cadvice that you should always remember:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Go \u200don the offensive!<\/strong> \u2064 \u200b The best \u200cway to defend yourself in these situations \u2063is to\u2064 strike preemptively. \u200dDon&#8217;t \u2064go groveling\u200d to the\u200d United Nations for approval.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Don&#8217;t\u2063 hold\u200b back!<\/strong> \u2062Always \u200buse\u2062 overwhelming (argumentative)\u200c force.\u2063 If\u2064 you&#8217;re going to fight, <em>end\u2063 the fight<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Don&#8217;t\u2064 \u200bbe\u200b a victim!<\/strong> For \u200bcrying \u2064out loud, you&#8217;re never going \u200dto win\u2063 an argument with a \u200bliberal that \u2064way. They thrive on\u2062 \u2064victimhood.<\/p>\n<p>Next, \u200d\u2063I have assembled a sample conversation between myself \u200d(Uncle Strickland) and \u2064my \u2064nephew, Brayden, \u200ca\u200c 35-year-old bachelor who lives in \u2063Brooklyn with three roommates and\u200c does God\u200c knows what\u200d \u2063for a \u2063living while living off my sister&#8217;s dime. This conversation is based\u2062 \u2063on my considerable experience and will give you an\u2062 idea of\u200d how to handle similar \u200bencounters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Hey, slim, what&#8217;d you think \u200dof\u2064\u2063 the WNBA Finals?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: I mean, A&#8217;ja Wilson is The GOAT, \u2062fam. Like, I honestly wasn&#8217;t sure the Aces \u200bcould recover after \u2063Chelsea Gray went\u2064 \u200cdown with that foot injury, but they really \u200bfought\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: \u2064It\u2064 was a rhetorical question, dumbass! \u2064Are you \u200cserious right now?\u2062 No\u2062 one \u2063cares\u2063 about the WNBA, not even\u200c the actors they pay\u200d to sit in the stands\u200c and watch that garbage. The league is a \u200bjoke.\u200b Their best team would lose to\u200d a\u200b bunch \u200bof\u200b middle school boys\u200b in \u200dwheelchairs. It doesn&#8217;t \u200bmake any money, \u200cso \u2062it \u200brelies on subsidies from actual job creators. Kind of \u200dlike you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Whatever,\u2064 there&#8217;s nothing funny about \u200csupporting female athletes\u2063 and gender equality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: You got that right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: That&#8217;s actually pretty insulting to all\u2063 the little girls who are inspired by watching female athletes succeed at the highest \u2062level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Yeah, like Brittney\u200b Griner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Exactly. What\u200d about\u2062 her?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Russian prison is a high-level prison.\u200b Isn&#8217;t that \u200bwhere she ended up for drug smuggling?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Well, technically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: No one is above the\u200c law, right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: She \u200cwas targeted\u200b for\u200c being a woman of color, not\u2064 to mention\u2063 a member \u2064of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u200b That&#8217;s easy \u2064for you to say.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Pardon?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Now that you mention \u200cit, it&#8217;s kind of \u2063funny watching\u2063 grown men \u2064dominate in women&#8217;s sports. Isn&#8217;t that \u2062what &#8220;TQ&#8221; \u2062stands for? &#8220;Testosterone Queens&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Ugh, \u200cthat&#8217;s not what that stands for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: It&#8217;s gotta suck\u2064 for those little girls, though. Trying to \u200ccompete physically against\u2064 a grown ass\u2063 man?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>:\u200b \u2064They&#8217;re actually women. Gender is a\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Jesus Christ, here we\u2062 \u2064go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Whatever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Whatever is right.\u2063 Gender \u2064is whatever \u2064we \u200dsay it is. Only a bigot \u200dwould disagree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Pretty much.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I guess\u200b \u200dyou&#8217;re still mad that expensive high\u200c school you went to wasn&#8217;t \u2064&#8221;progressive&#8221; enough to\u2064 let you play on \u200bthe girls&#8217; frisbee team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Frisbee golf, \u200dand it was technically co-ed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Oh, that&#8217;s right, but they \u2064still considered\u200b you a safety hazard to yourself \u200dand others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u200bBecause of my\u2063 disability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: \u200bOh, I didn&#8217;t realize lack\u200d of coordination was a disability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: It&#8217;s called ADHD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: It&#8217;s called being \u200da spaz, \u200bnumnuts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: That&#8217;s ableism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: My God. I wish\u2062 you\u200b were &#8220;able&#8221; to go\u200d one second without embarrassing this family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: I have to go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u2062 Where?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: I have a Zoom\u2064 call with my climate therapist in 10\u200d \u2063minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I&#8217;m \u200dsorry I\u200c asked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Not\u200c \u2064as sorry as\u2064 my grandchildren will be when the \u2062planet&#8217;s on fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Oh, I\u200d didn&#8217;t know\u200b you had \u2064kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u2063I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: And no girlfriend, huh?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Not\u2062 at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: Right. That&#8217;s fine. You&#8217;re not \u200b <em>that<\/em> ugly.\u2064 Surely there&#8217;s a \u200bfeminist out \u2063there in need of a\u200c weakling to dominate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Like I\u2062 said,\u200d\u200c I have\u200b \u200cto go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: \u2064Wait a minute. What \u200cyou \u2064got there,\u2063 huh? \u200cI see something tucked away in \u200bthat fancy cardigan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: \u2064Oh, it&#8217;s\u2063 nothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>:\u2063 Looks like \u2064a printout. \u2064Let&#8217;s see\u200b \u2063it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Fine. I came\u2064 \u200cacross something very \u200binteresting on the internet the other \u200cday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: You\u2063 mean\u200c Ting \u200bTong?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: TikTok.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: I&#8217;m fascinated already. Go on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: In 2002, a Saudi-born\u2062 freedom fighter\u2064 named Osama bin Laden, peace \u2064be upon him, wrote a &#8220;Letter to America&#8221; \u200claying out his\u200b\u2062 grievances\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: \u200dLet me stop you right there.\u200d I\u2062 think\u2064 what \u200dyou&#8217;re trying to say is, &#8220;In 2011, a\u2063 Saudi-born\u2062 terrorist bitch \u2063named Osama bin Laden, \u2063 <em>may he burn in hell<\/em>, got his brains\u2062 blown \u2063out by\u200d American\u2064 heroes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nephew<\/strong>: Can I finish?\u200b Wrote a &#8220;Letter to \u200dAmerica&#8221; laying out his grievances, including the\u200c ongoing\u2062 U.S. \u200dsupport\u200d for Israel&#8217;s barbaric\u200c occupation of\u200d Palestine and the Holocaust\u2062 of innocent Muslims \u2064perpetrated by an elite cabal of\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncle<\/strong>: No, Brayden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving, folks! It&#8217;s that time again. Left-leaning journalists (no surprise) are panicking over spending time in real America with their families. Though loved, their kin wishes they&#8217;d find a real job like the rest of us. 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