“I’m Right – if you don’t agree – You’re Gone!”
Understanding how to manage the political power struggles that put winning an argument ahead of saving a relationship. Right fighting is the process psychologists use to describe arguing to prove who is ‘right’ in a political debate. These hostile conflicts have been growing with frequency and intensity in many homes since the 2020 Presidential election. Families have been in bitter disputes to attack their relative’s belief about political issues – often shattering the relationship in the process. “My son specifically told me, ‘You are no longer my mother, because you voted for that guy’.” Our last conversation was so bitter I am not sure we could ever reconcile… the damage is done. It is sad. There are people not talking to me anymore, and I’m not sure that will change.” – Mayra Gomez, Los Angeles, (as reported to Reuters News Service) The fight to prove what someone believes to be best for millions of people in the country has rippled over into private homes – s...