Today I got kicked out of a friend group I’ve known since literally kindergarten for defending police by saying they’re not all racist murderers, citing a few statistics to show that incidents like the most recent George Floyd killing are extremely infrequent, and saying defunding the police is a poor idea. I grew up with 4 of them since I was in kindergarten and the rest since like 6th grade (I’m now going into my Senior year in college). Unfortunately it seems as if everybody has completely lost their mind as all it takes to lose lifelong friendships anymore is having a single political disagreement. I thought I’d be a lot more upset than I actually am, but if anything I’m more shocked than upset that people I thought to be my best friends would get rid of me at the drop of a hat.
They sent me a long message saying the group came to a decision that we don’t share the same values and they “politely asked me to leave the group”
On a slightly positive note I assume that most of the people were simply pressured into this by 1 or 2 political psychopaths and went along with it for fear of being labeled a racist. At the same time though, it seems American youths are turning into pussies who won’t stand up to a mob of inbreeds to protect lifelong friendships anymore. Good luck out there pedes, crazy times we’re living in.
I have acquaintances, but only one true friend. My husband is the same-he has one lifelong friend. Thankfully both our families are normal, so we just spend time with them. But all our family is 3 hours away from where we live, so day to day we don’t have anyone but each other and our kids. Feels bad sometimes. That’s why I love this community.