Question for everyone. I made a lengthy post yesterday but forgot to ask y'all somethign. As I mentioned yesterday I'm a black guy and I'll be 40 in a few days. I have a very large extended family and on Facebook there is always an endless stream of messages from my cousins going on and on about how "oppressed" they are and how hard it is to be black in America. Ironically, these cousins live in nice suburban neighborhoods and have good jobs. Then they spout off about these recent police cases.
Should I bother to debate them? I am so tempted sometimes to do my best Thomas Sowell or Milton Friedman impression and just hammer them with facts. Although I am so outnumbered and I have come to the conclusion that people who have a desire to find racism/oppression everywhere will see it everywhere. Same with modern day feminists who are "oppressed" for being women in the west on a daily basis according to them but can't lift a finger to help women in countries that truly have draconian laws against women.
Honest advice? Don't alienate your kin.
In six weeks, we're looking at two potential situations:
Trump wins. The left has been slow cooking under Democrat/Funder rhetoric and resrouces. If your family buys this shit, they're probably going to be part of the explosion. This will drastically increase faction on all side. Under those circumstances, you'll probably be best off at least being on good terms with family.
Biden wins. The left is on the right side of history. Maybe things will simmer down, maybe they'll think it's time to extract some sense of vengeance while the government is at their back. Either way, faction increases, albeit at different rates depending on the action.
In either scenario, by being black, your choice of faction is already limited. Don't burn any bridges right now.