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Depends on what those views are.

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Re: Would you stop being friends with someone because of their political views?

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Depends on what the views are. For some things, it wouldn't bother me that much that we disagreed. There are some viewpoints, though, that I would end a friendship over.

It depends. Are these political views supporting something harmful to others and promotes hate speech toward any particular group? Then yeah, I can't say I want a friend like that around.

Depends on how good of a friend it was and if we either never talked about our differences of opinion or could discuss things civilly.

if they had very extreme views, or if they had an opposing opinion on something that was very important to me, then sure

If they kept on trying to convert me to their way of thinking, yes.

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It depends on how open they are to friendly discussion, and if they're capable of being persuaded/admitting when they're wrong/not forcing their opinion on me.

It would have to be some pretty extreme views but I can see it happening. There's some stuff that I just wouldn't be able to put up with, honestly.

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Depends. I have cut off most ties with my brother because of his political/social views (plus he is an asshole about it). But I had friends in college who had differing views but I love to this day.

It all depends on how they share their views.

Depends on the views and how extreme they are. I used to be really close with someone until she started whining about how Chik-Fil-A was being persecuted and that churches were gonna be forced to perform gay marriage.

We haven't really spoken much since -- partly for other reasons, largely having to do with the fact that her family is creepy and cult-like and she's given in to the brainwashing.

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Yes, if it got to the point where their views made me stop liking them. If I didn't like their political views but still liked them in spite of it, no, I wouldn't end the friendship out of ideological duty.

I think I would, but I have a close friend who shares stuff on facebook like "Racists sucks. But you know what else sucks? Being falsely accused of racism. Repost if you have been" and has a hateboner for illegal immigrants, the unemployed and poor, and slutty girls and I just try forgetting about it.

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Re: Would you stop being friends with someone because of their political views?

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Depends on what their views are if they are preachy about them. Probably, tbh.

Depends. I'm okay with having friends with different viewpoints, but some political viewpoints are more toxic than others. I'd find it difficult to be friends with someone who, for example, thinks that X group should be treated like second class citizens for bigoted reasons. I'd spend too much time wondering what category they could potentially place me in that negated my humanity and rights.

Quite frankly, some political views are hard to hold without being a shitty human being, and life is too short to have shitty human beings for friends.

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Re: Would you stop being friends with someone because of their political views?

mechanosapience - 2014-06-25 01:31 (UTC) - Expand

Same response as everyone else. Unless it's really extreme it's less about the idea and how much of a dick you are about it.

No. That's stupid.

I might mockity mock mock mock them, but if they could respond in kind then we would get along great.

Fun story: my parents met at a political rally...on opposite sides. Daddy is a Democrat, Mom is a Republican.

Normally, no, unless they are sort of fanatical about it, or if they're extreme views. I'd back away slowly if I found out someone's a neo-nazi, for example.

Some of it depends on the closeness of the friendship, but generally speaking, I care mainly about how those views are expressed. If you think everyone should only have heterosexual sex after they've been married, fine, that's your religion and I won't fault you for it. If you tell gay people they're going to hell and protest outside of abortion clinics, I have... problems with that, yeah.

I already have.

Yes. And I have. Considering their view stated I should have the right to vote unless my vote was approved by my father, brother, or husband.

Oh yeah absolutely, if those views were totally abhorrent (women shouldn't be allowed to vote, "sodomy" should be illegal, etc.). If they were just something I strongly disagreed with, no, we could still be friends, but they'd better be prepared to debate those views with me all the time. I know how that's how I changed a lot of the moronic views I used to hold as a result of my super fundie upbringing - healthy debate with good friends.

Yes. The current government was trying to pass sedition laws. She thought it was a good idea because, "People shouldn't be allowed to say bad things about the government, that's disrespectful!"

It was part of a ~counter-terrorism~ bill, which was basically, "We don't like all these brown refugees coming over from Iraq and Afghanistan due to the war we happily participated in, they're all Islamists. Iiiiislaaaamiiiiiists! Haha what does asylum mean".

So yeah, we stopped being friends in pretty quick order. That was about nine years ago now. It wasn't just that we supported opposite sides of the government, it was just... a fundamental incompatibility in how we see human rights. (And then she joined the youth wing of that political party anyway, so hey! I escaped early.)

I don't think I ever actually have, but I could see it happening. It would depend on (a) just how extreme those views were and (b) whether they were capable of either debating them in an intelligent, civil and respectful manner, or keeping their opinions to themselves.

Do you mean "friend" as in "friend" or "friend" as in "reads the same profiles on facebook?"