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Originally Posted by Alluvial

I have not had much communication with him for about a year, but I have tried to speak to him about how pushing these things on me turns me off. The smart thing to do, I reckon, is to give him time to change.

Or just wait until a Republican is in office again. Then it will be the other half of the country's turn to be pissed off all the time. In the meantime, when he does bring his beliefs up, The Miss Manners response would be something suitably vague that he can misinterpret however he wants.

"Obama wants to take our guns!!"
"Oh don't even get me started! I can't even think about that subject without getting all worked up again... Tell me, how are the kids doing?"