Is shared political alignment essential for a long-term relationship?

[HawkPerception]

Yes

No

[CalmUntilAbused]

I wouldn't say it's essential, but it sure helps. It might be more about core values than actual politics, too. I mean... Shoe0nHead, a leftist, is married to a Republican. Now, She might be a leftist, but She is not a feminist and She does value human life. She's got a son with Her Husband and She didn't abort him (that's already shocking for a leftist). She wasn't even celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. That's apparently enough for a woman to be appealing to a man.

[HawkPerception]

I never thought shoeonhead was a leftist. You've taught me something today. I usually like her videos she posts

[CalmUntilAbused]

@HawkPerception I mean, She is the one calling herself a leftist. I would usually consider it an insult to call someone a leftist, but She is the proof sane leftists can exist. Only thing is... If You've watched Her video about Charlie Kirk... She might be an endangered species of leftist.

[HawkPerception]

You know what's interesting to me though? I feel like these extreme left wing right wing ideologies only became very apparent over the last maybe 5ish years? Before that, I was never invested so deeply and did not hear so much about politics.

And the thing is, although I identify as a conservative based on all the media and how they identify conservatives and liberals, when I take a political compass test, I actually come out slightly to the left side, but close enough to the center to call myself a centrist.

I believe women should be allowed the same rights as men (voting, working, equal pay for equal work, etc). I believe in 2 genders. I'm kinda anti-alphabet-brigade (I have no issue with gay people... what I hate are the ones that are in your face and parade around about it, and try to push it on the kids). I believe innocent people should be allowed to own guns (even though I'm Canadian) and believe we should have the right to defend/kill home intruders. I support the right for abortion, but don't encourage people to be doing it like nothing (irresponsible behaviour). But you get the gist of it.

And somehow, when I take the test, I end up slightly more to the left. So what I mean by this is, I think people on the far right have mislabeled many leftists.

[ABC1x1x]

Until recently I couldn't care less what silly politics women held but women have become so fucking politically suicidal its starting to bring the entire society down.

[Summeroflove]

Depends on the relationship. There are people who can make it long term with very different views. But not most of the time…. At the end of the day it comes down to what is and isn’t a dealbreaker for most people. For issues such as abortion… If one person strongly supports and the other strongly opposes this would create a lot of issues.

I think it comes down to if people can have a mutual respect and love for one another. You can’t agree with someone 100 percent of the time. But you can figure out what can be worked through and what cannot.

[ohsheeT]

Yes and no first of all you both have to be honest with yourselves and each other first you have to agree our politicians do not run our country , not unless they're told to

You have to agree upon that. The big donors for each party donates to each party to get\n They want.

And then you have to agree upon whatever politician you're talking about in your county, your district.\n Only gets headlines when the people that run him or her change something or want something

Then you have to agree upon that. If you really, really stop and listen to both sides, they both want the same thing. They did say it in different words , different language

[DishLady]

in my opinion no. It bothers some people but it doesn’t bother me too much bc I stay middle-of-the-road and tell anyone who wants to talk politics w me to f-off.

[molonski2]

If you take it seriously certainly YES..
But if you are a swinging voter , and genuinely able to access and never be " rusted on " , then who would possibly care right?

It's swing states and swinging voters that create the actual results.

[LongLiveBillGates]

Yes I sure as hell would not be in a relationship it even a friendship with a CONservative that worships Don the Con.

[HawkPerception]

Just as I wouldn't want to be in a relationship with a libtard. By the way, your username makes your political views obvious enough.

[LongLiveBillGates]

You CONservatives and CONspiracy theorists sure are a bunch of cons. Bill Gates is a hero and a great and very smart man. He's done so much good and contributed so much good to the world. He's made the greatest computer operating systems and saved countless lives with his wonderful vaccines. You and anyone that hates Bill Gates is just jealous because you'll never be a billionth as smart successful and wealthy as he is.

[HawkPerception]

Bet you got all your boosters

[LongLiveBillGates]

Yes I did. I'm not a stupid selfishness heartless anti vaccine karen that believes and make up retarded ass CONspiracy theories with absolutely no evidence to support them that have been debunked billions of times like you are.

[HawkPerception]

COVID is estimated to have killed about 0.09% of the global population. More than 81% of those 0.09% deaths occurrted in people over the age of 65. Nearly 90% of them had significant comorbities, such as hypertension, diabetes, dementia, cardiovascular disease, or compromised immune systems. Deaths among young children under 18 (but especially so under 5) were extremely rare, accounting for less than 0.2% of all COVID deaths globally.

The flu on the other hand, is more deadly. Children ages 1-4 are about 3.4 times more likely to die from the flu than from COVID.

[HawkPerception]

And when you do take the COVID vaccine, although the cases are rare, you could end up with:

Myocarditis and Pericarditis: Inflammation of the heart muscle or the outer lining, typically observed in young males (ages 12–39) and usually appearing within a week after vaccination, frequently following the second mRNA vaccine dose. Most affected individuals recover fully with rest and treatment. These conditions are more likely after COVID-19 infection than vaccination and show better outcomes post-vaccine than from other causes.​

Severe Allergic Reactions (Anaphylaxis): Extremely rare and typically occur within minutes to hours after vaccination.​

Bell’s Palsy: Temporary facial paralysis appears in 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 10,000 vaccine recipients; most cases resolve, rarely some are persistent.​

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS): Rare neurological disorder seen with viral vector vaccines (like AstraZeneca or Janssen, now less used); most cases recover fully.​

Capillary Leak Syndrome: Very rare and mainly associated with viral vector vaccines.​

Other Rare Reactions: Isolated reports include skin rashes and unusual immune responses, but these are exceptionally infrequent and predominantly short-lived.

So overall, COVID only really affected those with health issues in the first place. And for perfectly healthy individuals taking the vaccine, they just risked getting one of those negative side effects, which can seriously debilitate them in life.

But sure... we have no evidence. Lol... stay "woke" buddy.

[LongLiveBillGates]

You really need to stop listening to Alex Jones and get your information from real and credible people and news like CNN MSNBC Fauci Jie Biden Kamala Harris Barack Obama's Bill Gates Albert Bourla Xi Jinping Justin Trudeau and Democrat governor's and mayors.

[HawkPerception]

None of that was from Alex Jones. I don't even know who that is. You really are a clown lol

[mysteriousNicholas]

For me it's a red flag ♥️ if they don't ☺️🫠

[AnonLife]

It depends how far left or far right you are