I totally understand your sentiment and glad you wrote about this. I have this feeling myself but I'm identifying it as a reaction and questioning what is the desired outcome. Since I don't know exactly what I want the outcome to be exactly, I am hesitant to follow the impulse. Just saying "repair our relationships" feels too vague. Convincing them to see things my way feels too optimistic, too improbable, and even undesirable because I don't want them to think like me, because then there would be nothing to discuss.

What you shared here is pointing to the real desire, just the return to connection, when discussing politics isn't a trap. I think that's gonna take time.