When it comes to Family and Friends, does their political beliefs determine your relationship with them?
I don’t think it should affect relationships cannot but I have had people who have stopped being friends with me over my political beliefs. I’m not even that extreme. But some people, probably on both ends of the spectrum, have trouble dealing with people who don’t agree with them.
Only if their views are extreme. If any of my friends or family were racists and after much conversation they choose to keep that view then I wouldn’t have a relationship with them that was more than polite tolerance in gatherings. They wouldn’t be on my invitation lists.
It would be a heavy heart decision that I would take only after having tried to sway their beliefs and see even a little possibility of reasoning, but if there isn’t then it’s done.
I would like to say that it does not…but the reality is I think differently about them…my son had always been a Democrat and then he married a young lady whose family is very conservative and super religious… I see him moving more toward her political leanings… It’s difficult being a mother when you raise your child with love and have discussions about right and wrong and how to treat people… And then you see them as an adult shifting in to territory that does not line up with who you once knew them to be…
We just avoid talking about politics now I hate that because we used to enjoy that together.
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For me, you have to be far extreme for me politically, religiously, and/or unethical/extremely immoral for me to cut you out of my life; especially if you’re family.
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I don’t think I could ever see politics make me think differently of someone I care about. We may have disagreements but that’s about it.
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