Unfriending due to Political Differences

[Azuren]

SuaveSocialist said:
To be a friend of mine, one must meet a certain ethical standard. The reich-wing is certainly below that level. If it turns out a friend of mine values authoritarian hatred, then you bet I'm going to reconsider associating myself with that person. There are plenty of far right political views that have no place in the world, let alone a place in my social life.

The problem is stuff like that tends to get jumbled by subjectiveness and the fact that if that truly permeated their personality, you wouldn't have been their friend in the first place. The implied message here is a friend of your has different political views that didn't impede your friendship, but now you're presented with the choice of remaining their friend because they're the same person they were yesterday, or being a petty lump and disavowing their friendship.