These posts always kill me:
"I lost my BESTEST FRIEND OF 72 YEARS YESTERDAY OVER [Topic where I hold a rational, evidence-based position]."
THESE PEOPLE WERE NEVER YOUR FRIENDS. They blindly support an ideology that would have you put in a fucking GULAG (or put to death) for your OPINIONS.
The second someone tells me that they are anti gun/2A or anti free speech in some way or anti self defense (or basically on the left), or if they behave as though my THOUGHTS should be illegal, I politely remove them from my life, entirely.
They are not friends, allies, or even fellow patriots. They are useful idiots at best, clear enemies at worst.
Stop pretending they were ever a friend.
Having friends and family is about more than just politics.... If fact, there was a time not too long ago when that shit rarely even came up if it wasn't an election year....
Anyone who drops a family member or friend just because of some political views they have and not because you've actually had an issue, fight, or argument with them is fucking retarded....
Now if either of you makes it an issue and the other stops contact for that reason, then that's a little different... to actually drop someone you care about just because of their political views that they have never pushed on to you is just plain stupid...
I don't care about people who want a police state to round me and "my kind" up and put us in prison over our thoughts.
I'd drop anyone who would do that, and today that means those who vote Left.
They're not children, and they know what they're getting when they vote for this garbage.
It's why I don't lose friends over this shit, I just don't keep any who are retarded.