Politics and Friendship

[LDAHL]

True friends don't argue about politics. Hell, they don't even discuss it. Now acquaintances get in fights every day.

I value most my friends who challenge my beliefs, opinions and biases on any particular subject, politics included. Self-segregation or taboo topics only leads to the sort of intellectual poverty that results in idiocies like "safe spaces". Why live in terror of contradiction?

[Williamsmith]

I value most my friends who challenge my beliefs, opinions and biases on any particular subject, politics included. Self-segregation or taboo topics only leads to the sort of intellectual poverty that results in idiocies like "safe spaces". Why live in terror of contradiction?

I have friendships that don't require explanations of any sort. I know what they think of any political topic and how they would respond to new issues. Our friendship transcends politics. Admittedly, a friend like that is rare and few. Political topics are not taboo or self segregated.......they are immutably resolved. We may discuss what the best caliber for dispatching a white tailed deer is or the best rod and fly pattern to use for brook trout. We might even argue about it. But we long discarded political discussion as too unnecessary and frivolous to waste on our brief times together.

I think again we are suffering from a difference in definition.

[ToomuchStuff]

I think there's probably just too many ways to arrange letters, we could use more very strict rules in that regard. If they're arranged improperly on our clothing or yard signs they're a threat to our well being and may even cause our neighbors to fear us.

I listened to two of my family who agree more then they don't. This election they both agree there are no good choices, and both are on opposite extremes. One would vote for one who would "shake things up", that the other one would vote for someone more diplomatic, who the first person has dealt with and won't vote for that liar.
I think a vote of none of the above, a vote of no confidence, to tell both parties to remove the heads from their rectums. I see this as another Perot shakeup, only in "their" not our parties.

[Teacher Terry]

Destroying property and crossing the street to avoid people just boggles my mind. People sure can be childish. With my republican friends we just agree to disagree and don't discuss it. Hopefully, there is more to a friendship then thinking the same way politically.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Destroying property and crossing the street to avoid people just boggles my mind. People sure can be childish. With my republican friends we just agree to disagree and don't discuss it. Hopefully, there is more to a friendship then thinking the same way politically.

I don't entirely disagree with you and on one level I'd even agree that such behavior is childish and that I am guilty of this myself. There, I've admitted it. That said, in my regular daily life I don't often run across conservatives - though if I were seeking them out they would be a short bus ride away, I admit that, too. Most of what I do in my life is done in areas that are democrat heavy even if I am in a red state for the most part. Another point I'd llke to bring up for the conservatives here - the Republic party for some of this country's population comes with a reputation which precedes it, much as American police in general do. That may not be very nice but I don't see Republicans making any real efforts to bridge this gap with the lower classes. That too said, once again, with me you get to believe as you wish. I don't believe in harassing people for differences - being gay I learned real quick that was not something that worked for me. Disagree with me all you want.....just don't expect me to agree with conservative thought very often. Rob