I Dont Think Your Political View Should Decide Our Friendship

You may see me trash talk and make generalizing statements about leftists and conservatives on here, I may even say that they're all alike sometimes, but I don't really mean it. I don't really hate leftists and conservatives, I hate stupid people and a lot of stupid people happen to be either, lol. I do believe both of them possess a collective hive mind, if you will, but I know it doesn't apply to everyone in those groups. I'm not that big of an antsy bitch, lol. I have friends here who I don't see eye-to-eye with politically and probably never will, but I don't ever think less of them for it. So long as they're not so opinionated that they would think less of me for my politics either, I don't see why we can't at least be amicable.

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jomsim · 31-35, M

I have the same kind of opinion. What bothers me most is people who don't talk openly or think about their position and its implications, but instead just quote things they've read in the newspapers that support their positions. If you do try to draw them into evaluating what the world is actually like rather than what they have been told its like, it's not uncommon that they question your sexuality or heritage or intelligence, not that I think the first two of those in any way defines a person's ability to think, and to use either as an insult is small-minded in itself.