Same here. A guy I literally grew up with. 50+ years of a friendship went out the window when he moved to Seattle and became a ‘’Democratic Socialist’’. I have six other siblings. I don’t talk to three of them because they’re liberals.
I attended the local bluegrass jam yesterday. There are people there who literally won’t stay in the same room as my brother and I because we’re conservatives. If we visit one of the other jam rooms they get up and leave. We never mixed politics and music but someone found out that he had volunteered on a political campaign for a conservative. Now we’re persona non grata with a lot of folks that used to be friends (or at least friendly).
Their churlishness is amusing.
That is awful. Went to cousin wedding this summer first time all of my siblings, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins were in same room together in close to 20 years. We all took pictures, shot the shit, had drinks, hung out. The one regret we all had because a lot of us hadn’t talked over many years was how stupid we all were. And none of it had to do with politics. A lot had to do with stuff we had all forgotten. Frankly I don’t even know all their politics, it’s family. Life is short. I feel for you.