Dumping friends over politics or religion

[Regina]

I can be cool with religious people if they're secular and, well, not very religious. If they were some kind of fundamentalist we wouldn't be friends in the first place.

Politics definitely. I can't stand extremes of politics. If you're a prissy little SJW who is into identitarian politics literally 24/7 and gets offended at everything, I'm not the bitch for you. I'm not usually friends with conservatives either, but a lot of conservatives I actually find I have some more leeway with, because at least they have a sense of humour and are open to different viewpoints if you come at them sensibly.

[Cecelia]

Depends. I mean if they're reasonable, then I'm not going to dump them as a friend. Then again 'conservative' and 'reasonable' doesn't usually go in the same sentence without the word 'NOT'.

[ignoramus]

[Jackalope]

I wouldn't drop any of my existing friends. Not respecting our differences would be a deal killer, though.

I'm not likely to form friendships with fundamentalists or extremists of any stripe, however.

[c172]

I feel pretty socially detached, tbh. People judge me on my disability., I judge others mostly on social competence: are they going to be clingy and emotionally unstable?  Are they going to talk down to me? 

Other than that, I like a diversity of views, as long as some fan of traditional marriage doesn't start assuming I am with him on that and start throwing the word "fag" around.

[AceBoogie]

Didn't know if this went here, in politics, or religion, so tadaaaaaa!

Would you dump your friend due to political or religious differences?

I have been dumped for being atheist, and I don't give a shit, because ultimately I don't really like those Christians anyway. I have a few theist acquaintances, but they're not really committed to their faith. I just can't be friends with dedicated Christians. They annoy the hell out of me.

Politics. I simply cannot be friends with someone who voted for Trump. I can't. Someone said that we can't look at people and only see what they voted, labeling them as such. She said people who dump friends over politics are part of the problem in this country. She said politics should be separated from friendship. I disagree. How you vote (especially in these elections) says a lot about you. If you can vote into presidency a fool who mimics someone with cerebral palsy, you are a douche bag. End.

What do you think?

I can't say I've ever dumped a friend or been dumped by a friend because of politics or religion. I'm not saying I wouldn't, though. If, with this hypothetical person, it came to the point where we could not spend time around each other without arguing (especially if that arguing became bitter and personal), then yes I would probably tell them we should go our separate ways as friends.

I've certainly avoided forming certain friendships because of people's politics and/or religion, though, I won't lie. Then again a lot of people think I'm a stand-offish asshole anyway

To be honest, the one day at work a few months ago all these dudes were in the break room talking pro Trump shit and I legit had to get up and leave the room because of how ignorant they were being. I wasn't getting angry, but was definitely getting to the point where I was gonna start trolling them and piss someone off so I left.

For real though, fuck people lol

edit: I could certainly stay friends with moderate Christians as long as we didn't need to talk religion all the time. I have some friends with theists and even though they are pretty strong believers the subject of religion and god barely comes up.

[Godscreated]

If all friendships were based on politics and religion then a person is looking for only those who can agree with them and in my book that is a person looking to prove they are right in their thinking and that means they are looking for acceptance only into a specific group, this is narrow minded. Real friends are rare and should be cherished regardless of their political views or their religious beliefs. Just my opinions.

GC

[Catholic_Lady]

How do you vote Trump and not support bullying?

The same way a person can vote for Hillary and not support corruption. 

My mom voted for Hillary as a lesser evil than Trump. She doesn't support A LOT of thing Hillary supports and stands for, and is extremely against one issue in particular. She just thought she wasn't as bad as Trump. Many Trump voters had the same exact mentality the other way around. Including my father.

[CapnAwesome]

Didn't know if this went here, in politics, or religion, so tadaaaaaa!

Would you dump your friend due to political or religious differences?

I have been dumped for being atheist, and I don't give a shit, because ultimately I don't really like those Christians anyway. I have a few theist acquaintances, but they're not really committed to their faith. I just can't be friends with dedicated Christians. They annoy the hell out of me.

Politics. I simply cannot be friends with someone who voted for Trump. I can't. Someone said that we can't look at people and only see what they voted, labeling them as such. She said people who dump friends over politics are part of the problem in this country. She said politics should be separated from friendship. I disagree. How you vote (especially in these elections) says a lot about you. If you can vote into presidency a fool who mimics someone with cerebral palsy, you are a douche bag. End.

What do you think?

Not being friends with people who disagree with you politically is extremely close minded. It's no wonder that people say stuff like "I don't understand why anyone would vote for Trump" as though not understanding something is an intellectual strength.

[J a c k]

I already explained that I don't end all my friendships simply for having different ideas. I stand by what I've said. Again... if someone can justify racism or being a bully to feel better for voting for Trump, I'm done.