Politics was never a topic of conversation among my friends and acquaintances until 2016. I now realize that I live in a DEEPLY RED community, and if I try to discuss what is happening to/in the Republican party I will lose all of my friends, and I do mean all. We have agreed to leave politics “off the table” when we are together. This leaves me feeling frustrated and helpless/hopeless.
Politics was never a topic of conversation among my friends and acquaintances until 2016. I now realize that I live in a DEEPLY RED community, and if I try to discuss what is happening to/in the Republican party I will lose all of my friends, and I do mean all. We have agreed to leave politics “off the table” when we are together. This leaves me feeling frustrated and helpless/hopeless.
I’m quite lucky to live in MA where most people are progressive democrats (in varying degrees). It’s also true that the friends I’ve accumulated over my lifetime are those who share my values. With all due respect, I suggest you might want to look for other friends and/or look into ways to engage in honest conversations with your friends on the right. There really are ways to discuss things that are near and dear to your heart with others. The key, I find, is to ask them honestly why they believe as they do, listen closely, share what and why you believe as you do, then talk together about whether there’s a way to live together that acknowledges both of your realities.
There are definitely some people not worth engaging with. I was referring to those who still have 1 foot in reality. The crazies, the ones who drank not just one glass of Kool-Aid but a whole gallon, they are really lost to us.
Politics was never a topic of conversation among my friends and acquaintances until 2016. I now realize that I live in a DEEPLY RED community, and if I try to discuss what is happening to/in the Republican party I will lose all of my friends, and I do mean all. We have agreed to leave politics “off the table” when we are together. This leaves me feeling frustrated and helpless/hopeless.
I’m quite lucky to live in MA where most people are progressive democrats (in varying degrees). It’s also true that the friends I’ve accumulated over my lifetime are those who share my values. With all due respect, I suggest you might want to look for other friends and/or look into ways to engage in honest conversations with your friends on the right. There really are ways to discuss things that are near and dear to your heart with others. The key, I find, is to ask them honestly why they believe as they do, listen closely, share what and why you believe as you do, then talk together about whether there’s a way to live together that acknowledges both of your realities.
Cult nuts really respond to reasoned discussion, in what world??? Asking questions is good, but sit down for the answers
There are definitely some people not worth engaging with. I was referring to those who still have 1 foot in reality. The crazies, the ones who drank not just one glass of Kool-Aid but a whole gallon, they are really lost to us.