| robzo100 said: So, a former colleague of mine posted on Facebook that he wants any friends of his who are Trump supporters to unfriend him. http://mashable.com/2016/11/05/stop-defriending-trump-supporters/#F7riUGsmcqqB Those two sources are two of many showing how many other people are following suit. So...how reasonable is this? Is it moral? Is it practical?
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It is reasonable, in the current political climate. Friendships do literally end based on diametrically opposed political views, and the level of hatred and vitriol this time around is probably as bad as it has ever been. So strongly partisan people will consider it reasonable and appropriate to cut ties with people who support a candidate they see as fundamentally a horrible person. Indeed one must ask why you would remain an online friend with someone who thinks a truly awful individual is all good and is a fantastic presidential prospect. Cuts both ways of course, because a lot of Trump supporters think Hillary is a rape apologist, if not outright accessory to rape, as well as being corrupt and should be in prison. If you actually think that about Hillary, why would you be friends with someone who thinks Hillary is a fine upstanding person worthy of being president?
This is not a moral question.
It certainly seems practical, since if he has basically declared very strong support for Hillary (I assume), then a lot of Trump supporters would probably unfriend him anyway, and being asked to unfriend him would probably convince any other Trump supporters to unfriend him.
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