re: Are you actually losing friends over this election?

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Are you actually losing friends over this election?

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I won't lose them, but I honestly think that is in large part because at least for now I'm willing to let them vent and implicitly (and pretty close to explicitly) insult the crap out of me and essentially call me a bigot. Right now I'm pretty much just saying that I think they are overreacting and not being intellectually honest or fair, but that I understand their emotion. I'm not really engaging them. I think if I actually aggressively called them out on their bullshite right now our friendship probably would be in danger because I don't think THEY could handle it.

These are good people and good friends that have lost (hopefully temporarily) their minds over this and I'm banking on them calming down and coming to their senses after a couple of days. If they don't, we probably won't be hanging out much anymore which would suck. I'm honestly shocked by the behavior of a lot of people I know and really like.