Unfriending due to Political Differences

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SuaveSocialist said:

robzo100 said:

Let's say it is in fact "wrong" to be a Trump supporter. What is the next best course of action for making sure the country and it's people move in the right direction?

Is it to unfriend them in every possible public arena (Forums, FB, Twitter, in-person) or would it be to somehow find a way to keep the bridges of communication live despite differences. I believe in the latter and you seem to believe in the former, which is fine, but correct me if I'm wrong on that. And if I'm right on that count, can you explain how alienation will lead to more progress than non-alienation?

Same for anyone else who wants to alienate those members of society. Is it an effective approach to your end-game?

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.” --Thomas Paine

If a friend is unresponsive to political reality (ex http://quantum-displacement.tumblr.com/post/146015554444/anti-trump-masterpost ), a better course of action to making the country move in the right direction is to use your energy where it might accomplish something--even if that means leaving said friend to his delusions.  You can't help those who are unwilling to be helped and are unwilling to help themselves.

More productive alternatives would be to get involved with Wolf PAC http://www.wolf-pac.com/, or involved with grassroots movements to elect replacements for all the insane/obstructionist Republicans in office, or making your case to those who may actually be receptive.  Wasting your time on the Reich-Wing (count the Nazi tattoos!  https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W0NDO_5p3fk/VunSdRVZE_I/AAAAAAAA3Js/ZFTewqASh50AzXZph1z2Zn_DIbfK2vZRA/s1600/ra658azs1s1o1q4ozqhg.png)   is certainly less efficient, less effective, and less rewarding if your endgame is to improve your country. 

That is fine as far as it goes, but your argument assumes that the Trump supporter has a complete and well-informed position.  I think more of his supporters are ignorant and/or misinformed, and if they are not wilfully ignorant then you may well be able to educate them and in doing so make them less supportive of Trump and his kind. 

I have a friend who's a Trump supporter, and I recently explained to him that a "trade deficit" doesn't involve the US government handing Mexico a pile of money.