RE: Dumping friends over politics or religion
January 22, 2017 at 12:03 am
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2017 at 12:10 am by paulpablo.)
I don't really care enough about politics or religion.
Which probably sounds odd on a forum like this where I seem to have a reputation as having some controversial or bold political or religious opinions.
But I do come on this forum a lot of the time purely to question things people might take as obviously correct or right. I think that's the beauty of free speech and the internet.
In person though I wouldn't go out of my way to do that in my situation.
In my lifestyle most of the time I'm in work. And chatting in work makes the hours go by, I'm not there to question people's dearly held beliefs of any sort.
My favorite person to chat to in work is a Hilary supporting lesbian who voted to stay in Europe but who curiously is against Polish people in the country. I voted for Brexit, not a big fan of Hillary and I'm part Polish.
But the biggest debate we've had is about our favorite TV programs and superheros. She likes batman more than superman.
Other than in work I don't really just hang out and chill with people unless it's intimate relations with them.
Intimate relations and getting through work so I get paid without stress in work are two important things to me. You don't want to fuck up diplomatic relations in areas that are important to you so I don't see a reason to go looking for an argument.
I think I have quite a good radar when it comes to knowing what's going to cause an argument/debate or sensing what people feel strongly about.
On this forum I tend to steer towards having an argument/debate by questioning what people take as for granted as a fact where as in person I'd rather chat about something more fun or a convo that's more flexible and won't center around the same topic for too long. Not that I won't state an opinion on things but I'm pretty good at navigating around topics usually.
Obviously the two things people lost friends over were Brexit and Trump. I find both topics pretty boring to talk about with people so I don't.
Which probably sounds odd on a forum like this where I seem to have a reputation as having some controversial or bold political or religious opinions.
But I do come on this forum a lot of the time purely to question things people might take as obviously correct or right. I think that's the beauty of free speech and the internet.
In person though I wouldn't go out of my way to do that in my situation.
In my lifestyle most of the time I'm in work. And chatting in work makes the hours go by, I'm not there to question people's dearly held beliefs of any sort.
My favorite person to chat to in work is a Hilary supporting lesbian who voted to stay in Europe but who curiously is against Polish people in the country. I voted for Brexit, not a big fan of Hillary and I'm part Polish.
But the biggest debate we've had is about our favorite TV programs and superheros. She likes batman more than superman.
Other than in work I don't really just hang out and chill with people unless it's intimate relations with them.
Intimate relations and getting through work so I get paid without stress in work are two important things to me. You don't want to fuck up diplomatic relations in areas that are important to you so I don't see a reason to go looking for an argument.
I think I have quite a good radar when it comes to knowing what's going to cause an argument/debate or sensing what people feel strongly about.
On this forum I tend to steer towards having an argument/debate by questioning what people take as for granted as a fact where as in person I'd rather chat about something more fun or a convo that's more flexible and won't center around the same topic for too long. Not that I won't state an opinion on things but I'm pretty good at navigating around topics usually.
Obviously the two things people lost friends over were Brexit and Trump. I find both topics pretty boring to talk about with people so I don't.
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