I see a lot of you mention long term friendships. I moved around so much my whole life that I have very few long term friendships, and those that I have kept even after moving know better than to try and justify racism, or mimicking someone with special needs. I guess I'm safe there. 
No, I don't cut ties every time there is a difference of opinion for whatever matter, but if someone can try to justify racism, or being a bully to a person with special needs, I can't get past that. I'm stuck there. I'm not even mentioning all his other flaws. He's a clown and unfit president in so many ways, but to defend those other two things just to feel good about voting for him, I don't respect that. I respect people's right to vote for who ever they wish, that doesn't mean I have to respect their ideas, or share a cup of coffee. I think I posted about this once, but I had an incident related to a douche mimicking special needs.
I live in a thin wall tiny apartment that shares walls with the neighbors. My five year old has developmental delay and he could hardly talk a few months ago. He also had these impulses to repeat whatever he could say over and over again. The neighbor's kid (about 18 or 19) thought it was funny to mimic my son in the most obnoxious way. My ten year old and I heard everything. My five year old is getting a lot better thanks to early childhood intervention, but that experience sticks. If any adult can address Trump's obnoxious behavior and think it's ok that he represents us, if an adult can see him behaving that way and not blink... that adult is the same. It's a wall (ha!) I cannot get past (pun not intended). Heh.
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No, I don't cut ties every time there is a difference of opinion for whatever matter, but if someone can try to justify racism, or being a bully to a person with special needs, I can't get past that. I'm stuck there. I'm not even mentioning all his other flaws. He's a clown and unfit president in so many ways, but to defend those other two things just to feel good about voting for him, I don't respect that. I respect people's right to vote for who ever they wish, that doesn't mean I have to respect their ideas, or share a cup of coffee. I think I posted about this once, but I had an incident related to a douche mimicking special needs.
I live in a thin wall tiny apartment that shares walls with the neighbors. My five year old has developmental delay and he could hardly talk a few months ago. He also had these impulses to repeat whatever he could say over and over again. The neighbor's kid (about 18 or 19) thought it was funny to mimic my son in the most obnoxious way. My ten year old and I heard everything. My five year old is getting a lot better thanks to early childhood intervention, but that experience sticks. If any adult can address Trump's obnoxious behavior and think it's ok that he represents us, if an adult can see him behaving that way and not blink... that adult is the same. It's a wall (ha!) I cannot get past (pun not intended). Heh.
Thanks for your responses
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