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How Estrangement Has Become an Epidemic in America (time.com)
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He’s a father of a 28-year-old son and he’s hurting. A retired police officer, he proudly voted for Donald Trump every time he ran and never hid his political beliefs from his family. “My son and his wife say that since I’m a fan of Trump they’re no fan of mine and cut me off,” he said. “Now I can’t see my only grandchild who I was so close to. It’s crazy and it’s tragic.”

It’s also increasingly common. The 2024 election spatchcocked the nation, widening a rift that was exposed in 2016 and put in an even sharper gulf four years later. Now, the hyper-partisan politics in the shadow of the 2024 election is breaking the bonds of families to a greater extent than ever before.

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[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 12 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Spatchcocked?

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Like a chicken. Where you split the breast so it can lay flat. To illustrate the deepening divide.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 6 days ago

If you're not spatchcocking your country, you're just wasting time and ruining it's breasts to save it's thighs, really.

[–] enkille@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Removed our spines and flattened us to allow for more even cooking. If you remember when those dudes in black suits came around and did that to everyone, that's what this is referring to.

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Gobsmacked, even.