Avoiding Political Clashes on Holidays
A article features expert advice on how people can survive this Thanksgiving and other upcoming holidays without fighting with family, friends, and others whose political viewpoints clash with their own.聽Among the experts offering advice is Robert Alexander, Ph.D., a cognitive neuroscientist and assistant professor in the聽Department of Psychology and Counseling, who聽advised against fact-checking聽friends or relatives, which he said makes for an uncomfortable situation鈥攅specially with聽more people聽eschewing traditional sources of information.聽
“You’re generally unlikely to sway someone away from their values at Thanksgiving dinner,” he says. “So you can save that conversation for another time and try to bring things back to a more neutral place.”