Politics can be divisive as hell, as everyone knows. I lean liberal on most things and I have many friends who do as well. My wife’s family were conservative and she grew up that way, but has changed a lot. My kids are pretty liberal as evidenced by the take on social issues like LGBTQ, abortion, racism, etc.
I also have many conservative friends. I love them just as much as my liberal friends and their take on some issues seems logical, so I respect them, even if I have a different view. It’s not all clean and separate.
I don’t think I have or can have friends who are of the “MAGA persuasion.” I don’t know if I can respect someone’s view that Donald Trump is the answer. It just fails the integrity test for me – the guy is a bad guy. He lies (about virtually everything), lacks respect for women, for people of color, for anyone who doesn’t profess loyalty. Those who follow him seem like they are in a religious order of some sort and it just doesn’t make sense to me.
Nope I won’t be able to make friends with them. I just shake my head and wonder if they will look back some years from now at how they were duped by this ‘mafia boss’ of a celebrity.
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