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Muscles posted...

Its s***ty to not support family, I disagree with most of my family politically, but if any of them ran I would fully support them for the fact that family is more important than politics

Not really. If they're actively trying to make the world worse in my eyes, why would I support them? If we have conflicting views about how to improve the world, it would be foolish of me to support them in their efforts to take an approach I disagree with. That doesn't mean I can't enjoy a family dinner with them, but I'm certainly not going to change which political views I express publicly in order to avoid stepping on their toes, and I would expect the same from them.

Muscles posted...

I'm saying you can disagree about some stuff because 90% of political opinions aren't either good or bad

There's often no clear right or wrong, but even when the right choice isn't clear, political opinions do have consequences. Most differences in political opinion are the result of differences in how severe one feels those consequences are relative to the potential benefit, not an arbitrary subjective preference like which Star Wars movie is best. Dismissing that as "just a difference of opinions" that people should be able to put aside for the sake of maintaining the image of a happy family is myopic at best.