# Dealing with family that supports trump.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-family-that-supports-trump/821712>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-family-that-supports-trump/821712 "2018-09-22T00:11:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-family-that-supports-trump/821712/24 "2018-09-22T13:50:33Z")

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> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#):
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> Maybe stop assuming that your opinion is a fact, and recognizing that your opinion is, in fact, just an opinion. And that alternate opinions are just as valid as yours…

I see confusion like this from an unfamiliar Doper, and my reflex is to click Advanced Search. Here’s the first hit:

> [@Ashamed of being an American?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashamed-of-being-an-american/817833/98):
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> I was proud to be an American when Obama was president, even though I loathed Obama and all he stood for.
> 
> … I love my country, it’s principles, its Constitution, its philosophy, and its dedication to freedom. I don’t agree with Trump; he agrees with me.
> 
> God bless the USA.

I guessed right! What do I win? 😛

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