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?

I suppose it's lucky, then, that I didn't seek your opinion.

No, you're quite right.

Pretty sure it's passive aggressive behaviour, to choose your friends, based on their political persuasion. If the person is a bigot, commits crime etc, then I can understand. To not want to know them because they vote Tory, is laughable. The usual free speech, when it suits, which defeats the object of the democratic vote. 🤔

I don't see why it matters so much to you. People have freedom of speech, and others have the right not to listen. I probably wouldn't be good friends with a Tory voter anyway as broadly, our values don't align. People can vote Tory, the majority did and that's life, others are not obliged to listen to them wax lyrical about how much they love the party.
I'm sure someone, possibly yourself @Randlehandle , mentioned certain behaviours being the norm with Labour voters - so it seems to go both ways (although I am not a Labour voter either).

It's been a week or so now and had chance to put it all in perspective. She's still blocked, if she wants to talk to me she knows where I live and can write me a letter..have a feeling there may be something else going on with her. I'd normally be a listening ear but not if I'm going to be verbally attacked for just sharing an opinion when she appeared to invite others to comment. With hindsight I should have ignored the gushing post but honestly I'm so frustrated about the state this country is in I couldn't help myself. Lesson learned and restraint needed..she also said I was daft to want a general election when the country is already unstable enough...maybe she is right who knows, time will tell!!! I blocked her because of the comment that 'if you are going to have extreme political views then we can't be friends' comment really annoyed me. I figured if that was the way she felt about our friendship she wouldn't miss it, why wait! So 10 years down the drain but hey it was probably inevitable now looking back as actually a lot of the time I was just humouring her and overlooking the bad stuff for the good qualities but there comes a point where you just cannot keep overlooking things and making excuses. I am absolutely not one to exclude anyone but I think she has done it herself. It's her birthday at the end of the month, was going to get a present today but I don't think I shall be bothering now. Is it weird to grieve the end of a friendship a bit even when quite a lot of it was one sided looking back? I will miss the good times. But life goes on I suppose!