On a related note: “I don’t see why you’d stop being friends with someone over politics”
Especially these days with what basic human rights have been made political, politics is probably pretty high up there on my list of reasons I’d see in why not to associate with someone.
Depends on the country and the party. I won’t stop being friends with someone who disagrees with me about the best way to assure solvency of pensions (even if they support a private scheme), or how to best support transitions to clean energy, whether we should forbid the installation of gas heating or wait for the cost advantage of heatpumps to speak for itself.
In some countries however the discourse is whether some people should be executed on the street or not if they displeased a thug with a gun, or if their choice of sexual partner is not of the liking of the government.
Yeah in less interesting of times I would much more understand where they’re coming from. That being said in this specific context it was the quoted person (person A) not understanding why a friend of a friend (B) would no longer speak to them after learning A voted for Trump multiple times.
The subtext I was picking up from the conversation was that B (I assume) is one of many groups being specifically targeted by Trump so they refused to be in the presence of or communicate with someone who’s by proxy targeting them. A on the other hand just seems to see it all as politics and doesn’t understand what the big deal is about.
In another country or in another time I could understand but given the time and place, their confusion came across to me as showing how oblivious they were to the policies they voted for, who was going to be affected by them, and how negatively they were going to be affected by them.
Politics are an extension of ethics so you kinda have every reason not to associate with someone whose moral compass is all fucked up (and so are their political takes).
On a related note: “I don’t see why you’d stop being friends with someone over politics”
Especially these days with what basic human rights have been made political, politics is probably pretty high up there on my list of reasons I’d see in why not to associate with someone.
Depends on the country and the party. I won’t stop being friends with someone who disagrees with me about the best way to assure solvency of pensions (even if they support a private scheme), or how to best support transitions to clean energy, whether we should forbid the installation of gas heating or wait for the cost advantage of heatpumps to speak for itself.
In some countries however the discourse is whether some people should be executed on the street or not if they displeased a thug with a gun, or if their choice of sexual partner is not of the liking of the government.
Yeah in less interesting of times I would much more understand where they’re coming from. That being said in this specific context it was the quoted person (person A) not understanding why a friend of a friend (B) would no longer speak to them after learning A voted for Trump multiple times.
The subtext I was picking up from the conversation was that B (I assume) is one of many groups being specifically targeted by Trump so they refused to be in the presence of or communicate with someone who’s by proxy targeting them. A on the other hand just seems to see it all as politics and doesn’t understand what the big deal is about.
In another country or in another time I could understand but given the time and place, their confusion came across to me as showing how oblivious they were to the policies they voted for, who was going to be affected by them, and how negatively they were going to be affected by them.
Politics are an extension of ethics so you kinda have every reason not to associate with someone whose moral compass is all fucked up (and so are their political takes).
I totally would be good with someone not being friends with me due to my politics. It would be a great passive filter.