10 families about to be torn apart by Thanksgiving political discussion

 By 
Luke Strickler
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Turkey, mashed potatoes, and a passionate argument detailing the problems with America's current tax brackets?

Thanksgiving is a holiday founded on the spirit of manifest destiny, and your family plans to keep in that spirit by stomping right over each other's social and economic beliefs in a group setting.

While you can't avoid this tornado of ill informed opinions, quotes from newspapers your relatives read in waiting rooms, and statistics that aren't just politically incorrect, but also mathematically impossible, you can take comfort in watching it happen to others.

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