RE: Dumping friends over politics or religion
January 23, 2017 at 2:02 am
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2017 at 2:03 am by AceBoogie.)
(January 21, 2017 at 9:53 pm)Mamacita Wrote: 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.
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It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
