I have friends (yea. I have already been dinged on this.. ) but they are struggling.. they look at the Democrat field and want to love these people and can’t. They ask me, who do you support? Honestly. And, I have to demure by saying, “I know who I support” and leave it at that, because I know if I go further, it will cost me personally or professionally.
They are not your friends. They are acquaintenances.
True friends are honest and respectful of your views. They value you as a person and even though we all have unique experiences and beliefs, real friends don’t dismiss your opinions. They make an honest and respectful effort to understand them because they have a genuine affection for you.
I worked around tons of liberals. They are for the most part immature backstabbers. (Interestingly, most also craved money and material things.) I harbored no illusions about them and quite frankly had no interest in them as “friends”.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist “piling on”. But its important to make a distinction between real friends and casual acquaintenances who probably don’t give a whit about you.