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Posted byZorkin/debunker-Aug 14, 2016 at 6:00 AMΔ

How to Deal With Friends With Different Political Views

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How to Deal With Friends With Different Political Views

Most of the time when you make friends, you're paying attention to what you have in common. You might enjoy their sense of humor, their kindness, their taste in music, or their willingness to help you out in a pinch. However, sometimes...

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  • fluffywhitethingAug 14, 2016 at 8:24 AMΔ

    Step 7. Keep a water gun with you at all times. Any time your friend says something about supporting a hate-spewing, lying, race-baiting candidate, shoot them with the water gun.

  • AppleOfDiscordAug 14, 2016 at 6:29 PMΔ

    This is a very pertinent topic to my life right now. People have told me in the past that I overreacted by ending friendships with people 'because of differing opinions'.

    My issue with this is that by simply saying 'differing opinions', you compare things like blatant racism and homophobia to liking a different movie, colour, or video game etc. One of these two categories directly affects the quality of life of many people, and you don't get a cookie for guessing which one it is.

  • FlyingNarwhalAug 14, 2016 at 10:46 AMΔ

    Method 4 of 3: Who needs friends?

    1. If your friend is supporting a racist stick of string cheese, just don't hang out with them anymore! They obviously aren't the type of person you want to be around.

    Obviously if someone likes Bernie or Bush or Johnson I can handle it and it's not a big deal, opinions are opinions. But I can't handle Trumpers.

    • ZorkAug 14, 2016 at 12:49 PM

      I've got a friend who's a Republican. It's the strangest thing, that we can drink and hang out and talk about life and relationships and pop culture and be on the same page about all this stuff-- but if we get into politics, it's all over. It's bizarre to me because... I don't get it

Debunker

Debunker

Myths, urban legends, frauds, flim flam, general misinformation, sub-optimal worldviews. Debunked.

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