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a number of years ago when i came out as gay to my friend. he was awesome. he was mad that i didn't say anything all along. he was mad that i felt scared to make this known. he was a nice guy, played in a punk rock band and even was my roommate on two occasions.
then he started watching fox news and listening to conservative radio.
he got addicted to politics
at one point a two years ago he told me that if i wanted equality that i should move to california to be with my own kind.
after this we didn't really talk until last week when he asked me if i wanted to start hanging out again.
he said that he is no longer into politics. he is married now and with a kid on the way and with no other friends, wants someone to hang out with occasionally on the weekends.
i told him that i'd like to reconnect.
Why does politics do this to people? how is it beneficial to people if it makes us more hateful and angry then we were originally?
That sucks Rlarson. I'm sorry. I had this awesome friend who I thought knew I was gay. But when I mentioned my girlfriend to him he literally broke up our friendship.
I don't know why people do that. All I can say is that if he's not willing to respect you as a person and along with it, your perspective on life, maybe he's not worth being friends with.
I know--it's easy to say that and it still hurts. But in a way it is true.
That sucks Rlarson. I'm sorry. I had this awesome friend who I thought knew I was gay. But when I mentioned my girlfriend to him he literally broke up our friendship.
I don't know why people do that. All I can say is that if he's not willing to respect you as a person and along with it, your perspective on life, maybe he's not worth being friends with.
I know--it's easy to say that and it still hurts. But in a way it is true.
yeah it sucks. but he was it wasn't until he got into right wing politics that he felt this way. he knew i was gay before this and was fine with me. it makes me think that maybe all this hateful rhetoric can really hurt peoples lives.
i can't believe people break off friendships because someone is gay. what happened to you is aweful. but you're right, these people aren't real friends anyway.
yeah it sucks. but he was it wasn't until he got into right wing politics that he felt this way. he knew i was gay before this and was fine with me. it makes me think that maybe all this hateful rhetoric can really hurt peoples lives.
i can't believe people break off friendships because someone is gay. what happened to you is aweful. but you're right, these people aren't real friends anyway.
It wasn't the politics that swayed him. A friend is a friend regardless.
Was he that weak minded that mere words changed his attitude towards you ?
There are a lot of people that drink the kool aid and it's not just of right wing politics. People that easily swayed by words on the TV are not very strong in their personal beliefs.
It wasn't the politics that swayed him. A friend is a friend regardless.
Was he that weak minded that mere words changed his attitude towards you ?
There are a lot of people that drink the kool aid and it's not just of right wing politics. People that easily swayed by words on the TV are not very strong in their personal beliefs.
i agree. politics would never make me hate someone that i liked because some political host said so. it's bizarre
I have friends who's politics (or other opinions) I don't agree with. But we're still friends because I respect their right to their opinions and respect mine. A friend who cannot respect my right to my opinion is no friend of mine.
[and I think your friend was not really a friend but then again he has a right to his reaction - sorry]
I have an older relative that I only speak to on rare occasions--once a year, maybe--when it's absolutely necessary; she's a Fox News/Rush Limbaugh addict and while that's distasteful to me, I could handle it if she'd occasionally let the matter drop. But everything is "socialist" this and "liberal" that, and she's not even educated on her own terms: I once showed her a critical view of Limbaugh written by the John Birch Society, and she dismissed it as 'liberal claptrap.'
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