Sure, but my friends that are apolitical know nothing about fiscal policy. Otherwise they are prolife and promilitary.
I have a lot of liberal friends. I am outspoken and always tell them what I think. Haven’t lost any friends and often they bounce an idea or a feeling off of me to get my response. They probably can’t imagine how a conservative would view an issue and are curious to know.
One I remember is,” What about Stanislaus State paying Palin all that money to speak?” I answered with a question, “Is she the first paid speaker at the college? Why are they asking about her and not the others? Sounds like politics to me.” Of course they try to deny it’s politics. Then I closed with,”Of course, if what she is going to say is just too dangerous for people to hear, the board of the Foundation could decide to cancel her sold-out speech for which the college will double its money and I’m sure the local Republican Party would be happy to take over. They could use the money and would be happy about getting it.” That ended the discussion. In this liberal’s mind we had reached a point of agreement. It would be better to have the college make the money than it would be for the Republican Party to make it.
I wasn’t trying to make her believe as I did, but trying to get her to reason her way to a neutral position. Once they are in neutral, they can be reasoned with, but trying to force them into reverse while they are still in gear usually causes friction.