Hi folks.
I wasn't able to post last Wednesday because I've been pretty busy: the wife and I are closing on our first home soon, but it looks like our first child might be born about a week before. Also, I don't know if you're aware, but there's a holiday season ready to pounce on us all like an obese puma, with all of the joy and frustration that's only natural for the season.
And, of course, there's also Ferguson.
I've already tried to talk with my parents about it (and they both have been giving me the network news-supported "Hulk Hogan Demon" hypothesis) and I know a lot of you are probably heading into dangerous territory with your extended families as well. As such, I'd like to throw this diary out here as one of those "open thread" thingies DKos is so well known for, so we can all pool our resources to figure out how to deal with the bizarre things we're going to hear from our sisters, brothers, cousins, in-laws, and so on as we carve up the turkey.
Let the contributions begin! What to say, how to back it up, helpful links, counterpoints, whatever you got. Let's all work together to set the record straight.