re: Biden has lost the youth vote and is loosing the progressive vote

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because he is a great friend we just have different political views.

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i dont know this specific person obviously, or the nature or history of your friendship. but generally speaking, when people give me the "i dont let different political views ruin friendships" line, i remind them that we arent talking about small, nuanced. different views on deficit spending, balancing the budget, or foreign policy. the political ideology that he espouses accuses us every day of being racists, homophobic, anti-science, anti-trans, anti-women Nazis who are only days away from a 21st century holocaust where we kill every non-white straight person. he might not say that to your face, but his ideology believes that and pushes that message relentlessly.

i agree that more honest conversations need to be taking place between people with opposite views, but so far i havent met the leftist who will have that conversation in good faith. eventually when some simple logic blows grand canyon size rips in their ideology, they fall back on attacking character.

but maybe your friend is different, and he really is starting to see the truth. i hope so.