Stephen King has some golden Thanksgiving advice for avoiding political arguments
A five-word get-out-of-jail-free card.
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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
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Stephen King likes to save his politics for Twitter.
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It's almost an unwritten rule of Thanksgiving – or any family holiday event, for that matter – that at some point somebody is going to bring up the dreaded "P" word: Politics.
At this point a previously jovial affair can make the swift jump from "relaxed" to "incredibly tense" in a mere matter of seconds.
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Luckily, Stephen King has your back. On Thursday morning, the horror author took to Twitter to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving – and to share a simple, five-word get-out-of-jail-free card that's perfect for swerving the conversation away from Trump.
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Ah, good old baseball: providing a much-needed safe haven from family arguments since the 1800s.
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