Robert Reich

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Office Hours: How will you deal with your right-wing “Uncle Bob” at Thanksgiving?

Several possible techniques

Robert Reich
Nov 26, 2025
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Friends,

Most of us have an “Uncle Bob.” They’re a Trumper, or a Republican, or conservative. They disagree with us on most of the fundamental issues of our time and refuse to listen to us when we try to reason with them. But, hey, they’re a member of our family.

We’re about to have Thanksgiving dinner with them, and we don’t want it to be a disaster (as it’s sometimes been). So what do we do?

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