People who judge their friends based on political differences are not true friends.

A person can be convicted to trust a politician or another. Though you may see Trump as a racist, misogynistic, cruel and selfish person, someone else may find him entirely the opposite.

It often just depends on the angle you are looking at something. I have listened to Trump and Hillary speak, and I can tell you I understand now a lot more deeply why Trump says the thing he says, yet only two months ago I thought the man was a complete idiot.

I had a dialogue with two girls (I know, bad move but I just wanted to talk about the things I had been listening to), and both were so disgusted by Trump. Yet both told me they barely knew what he was actually saying by listening to him. They got their perspective from the media.

So while in one case a person could have a completely hateful view about a candidate, in another case they might see it differently.

And that's OK, it doesn't make the person evil or to have poor values. It just means they see the candidates in different ways. And the thing America needs most is open-mindedness. This year's elections  prove that people are very closeminded, more than ever. I think Trump has been completely misunderstood and that's just the way I see it.

If any friend of mine likes me less for it, they are not my true friend.

People who judge their friends based on political differences are not true friends.

A person can be convicted to trust a politician or another. Though you may see Trump as a racist, misogynistic, cruel and selfish person, someone else may find him entirely the opposite.

It often just depends on the angle you are looking at something. I have listened to Trump and Hillary speak, and I can tell you I understand now a lot more deeply why Trump says the thing he says, yet only two months ago I thought the man was a complete idiot.

I had a dialogue with two girls (I know, bad move but I just wanted to talk about the things I had been listening to), and both were so disgusted by Trump. Yet both told me they barely knew what he was actually saying by listening to him. They got their perspective from the media.

So while in one case a person could have a completely hateful view about a candidate, in another case they might see it differently.

And that's OK, it doesn't make the person evil or to have poor values. It just means they see the candidates in different ways. And the thing America needs most is open-mindedness. This year's elections  prove that people are very closeminded, more than ever. I think Trump has been completely misunderstood and that's just the way I see it.

If any friend of mine likes me less for it, they are not my true friend.

So if one of your friends voted for Adoph Hitler, you'd still be cool with them?

As for me, no I wouldn't be.

If the person is intelligent and can explain why they think the way they think, I would not have a problem with them because they are thinking the way they do based on a conviction, on a thought.

It's their right to believe in what they do. The only basis I judge my friendships on, at this level, is intelligence.

If they are just being utter morons and can't express why they think what they do, it's an immediate turn off for me.

And I can tell you I have a few anti-Trump "friends" on facebook that just spew stupidity. So stupidity transcends ideology, and to me that's the real deal-breaker.

I have had people completely ignore me because I was a creationist, had a whole group of co-workers shun me at work (really) and unfriend me on facebook (that I didn't care as much about) because I said my desire was to live in a heterosexual world.

Even if they disagree, it's my right to believe what I do. And if I can't explain myself, or at least prove that I'm trying to give a reason for the way I think, then and only then should it be clear that I'm just a moron, and I deserve to be shamed.

But if I'm trying to understand, and it's just my honest belief or conviction, who is anyone to judge me?

They can try to explain to me why I'm wrong and I'm open to it, but why judge? Nobody should judge on the way a person thinks, unless (imho) the person is just not making any effort at all.