New York Magazine writer encourages democrats to 'cut off' MAGA relatives

Daily Mail​

2 days ago

A liberal writer is encouraging fellow progressives to cut off family members who support Donald Trump.
New York Magazine's Sarah Jones insists that going 'no contact' is the only way to deal with right wing family members.
'Sometimes the act of knowing a person leaves you with no choice but to move on without them,' Jones wrote.
'If my parents liked Alligator Alcatraz, I'd no longer speak to them.
'If they were rude to my LGBT friends, I'd block their numbers. Though shunning won't work as a political strategy, there are still natural consequences for the way we speak and behave.'
Her comments were a response to a guest essay by former Obama speech writer David Litt in The New York Times, in which he advocated for reaching across the aisle when it comes to families with opposing political views.
Jones said she hails from a conservative family and suggested this has been a source of contention.
'I come from a conservative family and a conservative place, and I nurture my pain like it's a small pet,' she wrote. 'But I speak to my family and sometimes I even go home to see them.'
She shared a link to her article on Friday on X with the caption: 'Should you cut off your MAGA relatives? That's up to you, in the end, but I think it's a perfectly reasonable choice to make.'
In the piece she cited a study by marketing firm The Harris Poll which found that half of American adults are estranged from a relative, with one in five citing political differences as the reason why.
This is a phenomenon which has been exacerbated since Trump returned to office, according to Jones.
Her views are in contrast to Litt who talked about how he connected with his anti-Covid vaccine, Joe Rogan loving brother-in-law over their love of surfing after previously keeping his distance.
'Shunning plays into the hands of demagogues, making it easier for them to divide us and even, in some cases, to incite violence,' Litt wrote.
However this approach was slammed by Jones as, 'so naïve it borders on malice'.
Jones' stance was condemned by social media users who flooded her post to express their disagreement.
'Seriously, the only one that would be hurt over time in this situation is you,' one person wrote.
'Putting politics before family and not being able to take the high road says that you're unable to be neutral and keep the peace. Just agree to not talk politics and be civil with friends and family.'
'Dear Sarah, LMAO, how arrogant! You keep cutting people off, soon you will have no one. Good Luck! Laughing at you!' another added.
'Sounds like they are better off without you. Disregard everything they ever did for you in a snap, what a great person you must be,' a third person agreed.
However, Jones is not the only progressive to advocate such drastic action.
MSNBC's Joy Reid previously interviewed a Yale psychiatrist that it's fine to disown family members who voted for Trump.
Dr. Amanda Calhoun, a child psychiatry fellow at the Ivy league school, made the comments during an interview on Reid's show The Reid Out last at the end of last year, while discussing coping strategies for people upset by Trump's election win.
'There is a societal norm that if somebody is your family that they are entitled to your time and I think the answer is absolutely not,' Calhoun said.