If you keep quiet about your views...

I am friendly with ANYONE who is kind and respectful, and who doesn't insult me or offend one or two deeply held religious beliefs.

I have very, very conservative friends, and sometimes their beliefs are TOO conservative and make me uncomfortable, a little bit. Topics which I find uncomfortable are guns, and completely hating Islam, because I am not totally 100% on the same page. BUT I still try to be kind.

I have one or two LIBERAL friends, too, and though they totally hate Trump, they don't broadcast their hate...much...so I can live with that.

It's difficult to ignore someone who is blatant if their beliefs are diametrically opposed to your own, and I think you need to balance your OWN feelings and needs against what the OTHER person IS and DOES.

Yes. That would mean our values are different.

Well yes, I'd be disappointed. No fanatics though.

Take this post, for example. I only see 9 of the 10 comments. The person who blocked me is a swell person - and deeply religious, and ultra-conservative... she has many friends (and rightfully so) but I read she blocked me because she told anyone who would listen that I was an asshat. Fair enough but I wish she gave me the chance to ask her why she never actually told me face to face (so to speak) why she thought so.

Totally, fundamental difference

Sure. I'm disappointed, but unless the person is some kind of extremist, I wouldn't end the friendship.

It can. There's certain things I am not going to tolerate like racism for example. Even if it does change how I feel about them, I respect differences.

Sometimes, but I try to consider a person's character first and foremost. What they hear politically can be distorted by family and friends...right or wrong.

I don’t mind if someone has different views as long as they don’t try to persuade me that I’m wrong. I refuse to talk about politics or religion - if someone insist, I leave.

Harder to do these days, I never ask people their views, but when i'm aware, then if possible it'll just be a topic not under discussion, if there's disrespect on either side the continuation of communication at least for me would be terminated.

Yes