Posted on 01/04/2025 11:56:20 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Disagreeing over political differences doesn’t stem from being close-minded, but rather from the fact that our views are often core to our character and how we live our lives. This can create a deeper separation and divide in friendships…
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NOt if they like Soros
Yes there is, you just have not noticed yet.
Do you leave your firearm at home? When the bear arrives, political consequences have arrived.
What if you were lost and had to decide how to ration the food?
What if not everyone works the same amount in camp?
Watch Survivor... plenty of politics. It usually arrives when there is a challenge or difficulty of some sort.
It is good to talk about politics. It’s pretty important.
That works fine as long as there is never any difficulty.
Don’t tell them you have preps is my advice.
I agree. Leftists are precisely the people who would deny us our rights and humanity (first essay) and whose morals are 180 degrees opposite ours (second essay).
"war is the continuation of politics by other means"
-Carl von Clausewitz
Diversity is strength? C’mon.
There is a reason countries have borders.
Dunno how much good that would have done. Saying you want to do something vs. saying you’re GOING TO do it, and all that.
No.
She’s 58 and a licensed therapist. That pretty much tells the story.
Me too. I am still on speaking terms with my daughter after she made me promise her I would speak up if Trump started rounding up homosexuals or signed a national law outlawing abortion with no exceptions. I figure there is zero percent chance of either one of those, and I resisted the temptation to tease her for such silliness. All I did was acknowledge her opinion - some people just want to be heard is all, even if you don’t agree with them.
She still won’t talk to her mother, however.
Jeez- really??
It depends on the person i guess. I have several friends who hate DJT and are democrats- yet they are smart enough not to bring the topic up with me because they know how diehard i am.
Do you think if times became tough you would have been able to remain friends?
Say food became scarce and you both had a pile and you decided to share...
Or water had to be rationed or something.
Or a dread disease came along and there was an untested shot advertised on the radio?
Depends upon whether they are ignorant or rabud.
Rabud
I have great and trustworthy friends with differing views. My oldest friend is so far left, a control freak who believes government should be thoroughly involved in how people live. I actually do call him a fascist to his face and in front of others. But then we laugh it off. Sometimes I think we just try to goad each other with polarized opinions. I know I do.
Many people I’ve known since before I had much of a political opinion. Some from when the divide in America was more nuanced, arguing about tax rates and the like. But then there are others, especially the hard left friends of my wife, I do have to moderate my speech just for the sake of my own peace of mind. My wife likes to antagonize them though :-). Some of them will at least carry a reasonable conversation and we just disagree, but accept that, then break bread. It’s hard to dislike someone who you bonded with in the 1st grade and remained close to for 50 years just because they have grown to be politically naive. And they are fun gals in many other ways.
She’ll come around - or not - just be ready.
Rabid...sheesh
I always had trouble making friends with people who wanted to call me names, steal my stuff and/or kill me.
It must be a character flaw.
lol
Yeah. I think the bible says you’re not supposed to associate with evil.
I think it gives it an in, and it rubs off a little. Maybe not even on a person, but on someone else close to them.
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