“Would you associate with people who end family relationships and friendships because they learned how the other person voted?”
It would depend on the circumstances. Luckily, I don’t have to worry about that decision... no SOS lefties in my family OR in my inner circle. But if I did know someone like that, I’d wait for ‘them’ to bring up a political issue... and then I would slap them down with truth and reality, which they can’t handle.
I have known a few that cut people out of their lives for years just because of some personal argument or tiff they had... which I think was stupid. Life is too short and it’s more fun to keep people you disagree with available... to disagree with. No echo chamber fan here. Needless to say, if anyone was going to get “cut out” of the family or of a relationship for political reasons...
it would probably be me.
Yep, to me the joy of relationships is deep discussions, and I love the 3am all night wonderfully passionate but friendly and informative arguments, well read, thoughtful, analytical people need those type of relationships and usually their circle of friends is based on that, also frequently their favorite family members, although family includes much more that doesn’t require that someone be interested in anything particular, or even interesting.