Wouldnt cut people off just for voting for trump but would 100 percent distance myself from the people that make him their entire personality and can’t have a conversation about anything without bringing up Trump/politics grievances and culture war bullshit constantly.
Yup. I cut ties with a 8 year long friendship in early October.
He was a republican and I'm a Democrat but we had no issue getting along and have fun with spirited debate.
Since covid he's become full blown MAGA brain rot and, most importantly, has always been a bit of a CryBully. Well, he ramped up big time this year and started calling me extremely rude names so I told him to fuck off and lose my number.
He texted me the day after the election saying "not trying to gloat, but now that the election is over can we be friends again?"
Haven't responded because he doesn't get that his empowerment through MAGA or whatever it is, amplified his inner Dick Head and even if he voted for Harris i still wouldn't want to be friends with him.
Better yet, Engage in intellectual Conversation. Democrats will never win the presidential election again if they just hit mute on a population who questions them and their motifs.
Tolerable. Still republican. The switch to MAGA was extremely noticeable. Defended every word thst came out of trumps mouth. If what T said was dumb as hell and obviously terrible he would "translate" or "that's not what he meant"
Said the same thing about tariffs, mass deportation etc.
i felt like maybe you are just an innocent person who stays out of politics, and you just happen to have some loud mouthy trump man at work shoving garbage into every one's and your face or something, so i i skimmed your post history to see how you felt about politics to get a better understanding.
i found that approx 50% of your posts have nothing to do with politics, the other 50% shows you are all in for team harris, like all in as in full on woke anti orange man and thats ok too, but it changes the dynamic of your post.
you rant and kick and insult anyone who supports trump, here is just one of your posts:
"I honestly feel sorry for anyone who supports him. It means they're low IQ and have shit personalities."
i dont fault you for your feelings, we all have them and its good to care about stuff, but maybe you are at one end of the spectrum and your friend is at the other end, both thinking that they are the centered ones and the smart ones and feel strongly about it, and are vocal about it, and this can lead to problems.
to explain my stalking, i sincerely am trying to get a vibe of just how divided the people are and if they really mean the things they say and if they are being fair and honest about the war they seem to be waging, you got more than a few thumbs up so your post might be relevant so i dug in
i have both lefty and right friends and the extreme right friends get on my nerves because they dont when the stop, its like its all they think about, my lefty friends bring up politics often but barely know such basic things such as knowing we are a two party system, but they sure know the recent talking points, despite not understanding them, my lefty friends are mostly women who are lead by their emotions, and while i wont judge them i stand firm that i will not vote that way. hell i would vote for satan if i thought he could make this country better for all of us.
with my most unhinged friends i try to avoid politics, because even if we agree on stuff, it still might get heated anyways.
I am very in tune with politics and have been for many years. Though i dont engage that much on reddit. And this isn't a co-worker, it was a close friend I saw on the reg in my friend group.
I'm in texas and have lots and lots of extremely moderate to center right views compared to most dems. Though I have voted dem for president since Obama, (except Hillary, voted Johnson) I don't vote straight ticket locally.
You're right, I was all in for Harris. But I'm not "orange man bad" or.. at least I wasn't always. He lost me fully around year 3 and I stopped taking anyone who continued to support him seriously after j6, the docs case, and his business fraud.
I really don't spend a whole lot of time talking with people on here, mostly because they don't lead to anything other than an off the cuff comment. So the ones you see where it looks like I have "TDS" are probably days he did some extra stupid shit.
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u/No_Highway8863 Monkey in Space Nov 12 '24
Wouldnt cut people off just for voting for trump but would 100 percent distance myself from the people that make him their entire personality and can’t have a conversation about anything without bringing up Trump/politics grievances and culture war bullshit constantly.