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In reply to the discussion: I've lost my best friend, and it's because of Trump [View all]cilla4progress
(24,791 posts)4. As I bet others here have as well -
I've spent HOURS struggling with this!
You nailed it when you said it's about basic values, and ethics, I would add. Not to mention they are batshit cray. What are they capable of?
It's not like the old days where the differences between Rs and Ds were far more broachable - within normal range.
I've managed to maintain superficial relationships, while strictly avoiding any discussion of politics, with these friends.
I also find myself more actively seeking out relationships with those who share my views.
It is what it is, as they say.
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Life is too short to stand next to a smelly garbage can. That's always been my thinking.
kairos12
May 2021
#97
Remaining silent and looking at them with pity is another approach.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
May 2021
#47
If only more Germans had done the same in the 1930's, a great tragedy could have been avoided."
Evolve Dammit
May 2021
#100
I got rid of my friends who went Trumpist. They showed themselves to be unworthy of my time.
lagomorph777
May 2021
#23
i've just about lost my sister, niece and 3 nephews. SAME REASON AS YOU LOST YOUR FRIEND
Trueblue1968
May 2021
#39
Trump ran a bright line right through the middle of my family. It's heartbreaking.
chia
May 2021
#44
damn, sry bout that ... I know two people who's brains have strained Trump & feel they know better
uponit7771
May 2021
#68
The GOP politicizing health care during a deadly pandemic was one of the worst things
Irish_Dem
May 2021
#107
Sorry to hear that. I cut loose any trump humping friends/acquaintances in 2017
catbyte
May 2021
#53
What exactly is it about him that brought the vile to the surface of people?
slumcamper
May 2021
#54
I came to offer condolences because your friend died of COVID19. glad he/she is still living
Demovictory9
May 2021
#66
You didn't lose him because of Trump. He chose to end your friendship by no longer
Coventina
May 2021
#67
the few very intelligent Trumper/BNP/SD types I know simply have decided to go full-blown white
Celerity
May 2021
#79
Being racist is not logical. It hurts the environment, causes untold misery and death.
SunSeeker
May 2021
#106
Humpers and narcissists: the only thing to do is to cut them out of my life.
fierywoman
May 2021
#88
It's really fking hard to have a conversation with someone who doesn't agree with reality.
OMGWTF
May 2021
#103
I don't hear a rant. I hear pain, loss and resignation that you have lost a friend to the darkness
Evolve Dammit
May 2021
#98
I don't hear a rant. I hear pain, loss and resignation that you have lost a friend to the darkness
Evolve Dammit
May 2021
#99