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| fatslob-:O said: Unfriending someone just because of their political differences is dumb as shit since you resort to getting yourself into nothing but petty ass group think that sets a dangerous path that's no different from the censorship that the Nazis practice ... If you think your friend is ignorant on an issue of a particular view, then a good friend would at least try to educate them instead of chalking up insults at them ... It's close minded as shit denying a person's contrary views altogether before it's even considered ... I'm sorely disappointed about my generation ... Fuck if I wanted clones of myself I'll just go ask research laboratories to do that instead making friends altogether ... |
| greenmedic88 said: If anything, the 2016 election has outed quite a few people as to how they really feel about a great number of the issues that are polarizing the US. So, maybe you learn something about some friends due to their political affiliations, or more specifically, stumping on public forums for said affiliations, but does that change any of the common ground you share that made you friends in the first place? Probably not. As for trying to show someone the "light" or teach them the "right way of thinking" because you're trying to help them, I would really just let that kind of mentality go. If you're not capable of doing that, then yes; you should probably stick exclusively to like minded cliques in echo chambers, free of any sort of meaningful discussion. |
I appreciate what you guy are saying -- immersing oneself in an echo chamber is unproductive and ultimately hazardous -- but I believe in some cases of extreme, unbridgeable gaps in political ideology it's impossible to maintain a friendly relationship. I just think there's a difference between disagreeing about what programs get funded and how to respond to acts of aggression, and disagreements about what it means to be a decent human being.
