Have you ever lost a friend or relative over politics before?

[Toad-1]

Either you or they defriended each other and aren't speaking to each other anymore over politics?

Yes I have

No I haven't

A total of 48 votes were cast: 22 girls and 26 guys. See detailed results

[Mexicoman101]

Not that I know of. Things have been close to getting to that point but I have never had it happen, usually me and my friends are of cool minds about these things and accept differences. Never befriended a communist or fascist before whose uncompromising beliefs made doing so impossible.

[Jjpayne]

no yet but my two of my friends are crazy about trump and my brother is totally and blindly against him

[karahiri]

not quite. i've gotten into heated conversations about slutwalks and child pageantry and stuff like that, but the friendships didn't end. was just tense for a bit.

[Toad-1]

were you not on speaking terms for a time after? or you were right back to being friends again?

[karahiri]

oh we were fine. was just weird for 5 mins lol

[vishna]

No, I don't talk about that stuff with casual friends/acquaintances, and my best best friends are generally pretty similar minded. birds of a feather I guess

[Toad-1]

Are you friends with anyone who is the opposite of you politically?

[vishna]

I'm friends with people who are a lot more radical than I am, but none are opposite.

[aicarg]

More so family then friends, but I'm not too close with my conservative aunts anyways. My friends and I can have some debate and strong opposing opinions on certain situations, but we don't let the diffraces strain our friendship as we focus on what we share in common more so than what we don't.

[Selena2418]

Yes I've lost a friend, but im actually really happy about it. The conversation about politics showed me the kind of person she really is... we got into an argument about refugees and affirmative action (too many words to go into detail about how we talked about these two topics in the same conversation). It also showed me how ignorant she was and her racist ideology.

[desidoll]

Not really but we became kinda apart since then. We are okay now though.

[Toad-1]

you became apart because of your political views? or something else?

[desidoll]

We both refused to accept each other opinion.

[Toad-1]

yes but over politics or no?

[desidoll]

Yes.

[binarybabe001]

No, because I make it very clear to EVERYONE i know that politics and religion are not acceptable topics for discussion in my home. Everyone can stay friends if they stay away from those two things.

[BleachLovesMe]

Yes, a lot of friends.

My opinion is that we should avoid these types of talking if it annoyed people, and if you care about that friend of yours then avoid what annoys them.

[0asis]

I haven't lost friends over politics but I did lose friends after I switched to a plant-based lifestyle

[tartaarsaus]

Oh yes definitely. The guy slowly started supporting Hamas and their ideals of removing the state of Israel completely.

[NYCQuestions1976]

Our previous American/European arguments aside, I have noticed some anti-Israel sentiment on this site, which is ridiculously annoying... and I'm not even Jewish. I posted something about countries generally being ungrateful for American financial support and someone responded, "Like Israel?", which is ridiculous, because they're one of the few countries that are grateful that we support them. Apparently, if you're anti-terrorism that's fueled by extremism, you're a racist... but if you're anti-Israel, it's par for the course. An attitude that I feel is fueled by the United Nations governing body.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Nope, but a few on here are more distant from me cause of politics differences. I'm a Moderate Democrat.

[musicbrain5]

Relatives, no. Although there are some who have opposing views to me. Friends, yes.

[Yawn_Yawn]

Sure. My politics are a little out there. Poor them. They're missing out on supporting my wise and benevolent reign.

[marilynmansonssextoy]

Yes, and some over religion as well
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~ Mrs Manson

[MarketData]

Yes, which is why I never discuss politics or religion with friends or family.

[fauchelevent]

No but relationships have become strained over it.

[Toad-1]

with friends or family? or both? were you close to any of them?

[fauchelevent]

Family, most significantly my father. Our political, religious and social beliefs are pretty much exact opposites so it's definitely caused friction and we're not really as close as we used to be.

[14amortalman]

Fuck liberal butt hurt fruit cakes.

[Topaz171]

No because I don’t discuss it

[ZeussLightningBolt]

Yeah. They unfriended me on Facebook.

[name_is_eric]

I don't take politics *that* serious.

[Slim57]

No I tend not to talk about it much

[CaLmYsTeRy]

No, I haven't.

[douride2]

I never have.

[LegateLanius]

Nopers.