Hochul's lead over Blakeman continues to grow in latest poll results

[karynnj]

9. Same here

My close family, defined as all siblings and their kids are all Democrats, but a small number of family beyond are starting to echo Trump's line that Democrats are electing Communists.

In the past, I would just ignore it as, in many cases I don't know them well. What I have started to do is to answer politely, but in a "teaching" type way trying hard to appear to be encouraging civility. I implicitly equated calling progressives communists to others calling MAGA Nazis. ( Note I use Nazi instead of fascist, as they are doing fascist things.) I am doing this only with people who are only rarely posting anything political.

For me, this is a step out of my comfort zone. Discussing things here or with close family is easier because even when we disagree, there is a reservoir of shared values.