To block friend who said this?

[Nameychangey2022]

I've name changed for this. My friend posted a gushing post on FB about the new priminister. I probably should have ignored but I added a comment that given the state of things in this country under the last three/four tory priministers, although it was great we finally had a more diverse priminister, a general election would have been preferable in my view.

My friend just said to me on messenger, direct quote

" We are not going to be friends if you you're so extreme about your political views".

I've just responded with 'wow' for now, am I being unreasonable to have also blocked her?

Before this she also said 'Your hormones are getting to you!
Gotta take emotion out of big decisions!' I am pregnant so yes hormones and I am emotional... but I am frustrated by how bad things seem to have got and was before I became pregnant, even accessing maternity care this time around is a struggle, the NHS has been chronically underfunded .

She meanwhile doesn't have kids or a mortgage, lives with her parents at 40 plus (cultural reasons). Nothing wrong with any of that and doesn't bother me but perhaps means she is a bit sheltered from real life. Just trying to understand but really a bit upset. I was more than happy to never discuss politics with her but she brought it up..should I pretend I hold the same views to fit in?!

Perhaps it is a natural end anyway to the friendship as it can be very one-sided, I listen to her talking about herself for ages before she thinks to ask how I am.

What would you do?

‘Priminister’ 😂

That’s a new one. Though I expect someone will pop up and claim it’s been in use for years and we should all just use that instead because LaNgUaGe EvOlVeS.

No, the person posting her opinions on facebook started it. Or are you one of those insane people who believe that they have a right to post what they like on the internet whilst others have no right to reply? I lost a very long-standing friend who held that insane view (or rather they lost me, I lost nothing).

I am not sure ‘priminister’ repeatedly can be called a technology fail. I also didn’t say you were stupid, I was of the opinion you didn’t read the news much. I don’t think you’re stupid, the rest of your posts suggest quite the opposite.

Also priminister autocorrected to pro minister.

You should both be mature enough to agree to disagree. She clearly isn’t. I wouldn’t block her but I would gently disengage for a bit.

However I do think it’s a bit rude to reply to someone’s post disagreeing with them unless they have specifically asked for other people’s opinions. I mean, if she posted saying I like this outfit would you comment saying the top’s nice but the trousers are awful?

Tbf, the whole thread is childish.

Gushing about a PM who was elected by 120 MP's is insane... we need an election.

And I say this as a non-white person, who has part Indian heritage.

Honestly sounds like you were trying to poke the bear on this one.
Politics and religion are two things I never comment on, all they do is divide. Your comment wasn't exactly going to change how she thinks. Every action has a reaction, over the top or not.

Can't be much of a friend in the first place. My friends have opposing political and religious views, but we just keep off those subjects. I do think it's odd that she is fine with expressing her views but not anyone who may feel differently- wanting a general election is quite a popular point of view, hardly extreme!

If your friend wasn't prepared for comments that don't align with her own views she shouldn't have posted publicly on social media. Her statement "we are not going to be friends if you're so extreme in your political views" is frankly bizarre! There have been many people calling for a GE since Truss resigned, so the fact that she considers this extreme suggests that she doesn't interact much with anyone who doesn't share her beliefs. Also the "we're not going to be friends if..." is controlling and childish in the extreme. She must have a very high opinion of herself if she thinks you're going to change your beliefs, or pretend to change them, to hold onto her as a friend.

I'm talking about falling out over politics. That's what I find childish. The fact that these are adults, who are given a vote.

Brilliant post! 😊

My friend of 20 years who I have a home to when homeless and supported her later when she was horrifically bereaved , flew with her to repatriate her husband's body etc etc blocked me because I was anti brexit

Never spoken since.

Some people are just very strange a.d not open to opposing views

I got piled on for criticising Boris Johnson on Facebook a couple of years ago. One old school mate in particular was very angry and said I shouldn't criticise him because 'he almost died of Covid' and she accused me of being heartless. Tbh it was a good indicator of who on my FB friends list was a twat. Delete and move on!

What phone autocorrects prime minister to priminister? It would only do that if it's a word you had repeatedly typed in the past

Why don't you just ask her what part was extreme?

If a friend thought I was being extreme for wanting an election after the shit show of the past few months, I couldn't remain friends with someone like that, and wouldn't see it as childish neither. I couldn't waste my time with an idiot so engrained in their political beliefs, on the left or the right. My closet friends have balanced views.

Someone broke friends with me ( thankfully we've made up since then) who thought Corbyn was the saviour of this country, I pointed out he was un-electable as the UK as a whole is too conservative (and shallow) (even amongst Labour voters) to elect someone like Corbyn, I was proved correct on that.

OP's friend sounds like she's part of the loony right, she's well rid.

Oh good. At least I'm not in danger of being friends with a bigot.

Friendships tend to be more lasting if you steer clear of politics and religion, unless of course you can just respect each others differing opinions and move on to a more interesting subject 😉

This OP., seriously.

Poor baby!! Living with her parents at 40😃 She sounds very sheltered, and naive.
Is she east Asian OP? I’ve noticed a lot of East Asians are calling racism when you dare to criticise Sunak. Pathetic!!
I’d block her and move on’

I think it really depends what her facebook post actually said that determines whether you are in the right or wrong for commenting as you did. Blocking her is ridiculous no matter what the outcome, agree to disagree and move on.

If she was gushing about the tories and him and what a great leader he was going to be then your comment i think was perfectly valid.

If she wasn't actually mentioning politics as such but merely celebrating that a diverse candidate is PM for the first time and it makes her proud/feel included etc then you were unreasonable to take her post which was probably more about diversity than about politics and complaint that it shouldn't have happened - as many people feel in a GE a diverse candidate will not get the votes, she may see your reply as saying that the public should have got to decide if a diverse candidate got to be PM at all.

‘Tis

(Sorry, under the circumstances I couldn’t resist making that correction for you 😊)

Priminister is not an autocorrect. It’s ignorance of the proper term. Own it, OP.

One of my neighbours is currently texting the street WhatsApp (I know, I know) about Trickle Treating. It’s adorable, really.

I think it’s fine to point out that it’s Prime Minister, as in the most important, primary, of the ministers.

doing it in a sneery way laughing at the error isn’t great though

Ha! Touché!