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In reply to the discussion: I've lost my best friend, and it's because of Trump [View all]ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)76. Nope
I can't have relationships with people who support Trump or what the Republican Party now stands for...authoritarian destruction of democratic self-governance.
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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