Unfriending right wing friends

[nondrinker1985]

One of my school mum friends of around 10 years has started sharing loads of Restore Britain/Rupert Lowe posts.

I’m actually really shocked as she’s an Irish immigrant herself.

I’ve unfriended her which is a shame as day to day she’s ok. Also another mum who has been liking and commenting on the Restore Britain posts, they’ll probably tell me they’re not racist but I can’t be arsed calling them out.

What? I said people can speak to and be friends with whoever they like for whatever reason. Where did I refer to this being applicable to left wing people only?

Statement of the obvious.

Although they might not announce this decision on MN, no?

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If it’s a statement of the obvious I’m not sure why it’s caused you such offence

Do you read "offence" in my post? You guys are paranoid about everything!

Reform didn't force anything. There are a handful of them.

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Who launched the judicial challenge that forced the government to back track on cancelling the local elections then?

Honestly, people post so confidently and assertively on here despite knowing absolutely fucking nothing.

Who are you guys?

The Star People

Why are you so judgemental and hostile to opinions that differ from yours?

Yes - I've always found Tories to be far more tolerant of other views than Lefties. More open-minded really and don't tend to froth at the mouth so much.

I'm not strongly politically aligned. I never have found a party which fits my views on everything. I guess LibDem is the nearest I'll get, but it's far from perfect.

I couldn't tolerate extreme right-wing views or racism, though, but the Conservatives I know/knew are not of that ilk.

I have found that judging each issue on its own merits rather than subscribing to an identarian package of beliefs has been enough to persuade both the far left and the far right to reject me, which is just fine by me.

I know exactly what you mean!

It seems that politics is made for people who like things to be black-and-white and who want to buy a whole package of ideas.

I admire politicians who can unite people rather than find yet more ways of dividing us, and who use common sense and pragmatism rather than adhering blindly to harsh principles. They are few and far between.

I have never found that. I think Tories just tend to ignore their non tolerance of other views.

I was living in Australia during the marriage equality vote and a lot of right-wingers insisting they were the more “tolerant” camp as they were not as “nasty” as those who were pro marriage equality. Yet they were voting to block people being able to marry on account of their sexuality. They just did not view that as being “intolerant” of somebody else’s position.

I find they will see themselves as more tolerant if they are not “frothing at the mouth” even if they are campaigning to remove a set of rights from people.

No, tolerance and intolerance relate to willingness to discuss those policy points rather than assuming you're so obviously right that no discussion need occur.

If those on the right behaved as you do, they could simply dismiss your position as "intolerant of the family". But they don't. Hope this helps.

No it doesn't help, because it's disingenuous. An affectedly friendly, grinning bigot is still a bigot, and there were plenty of those on the NO side of the marriage equality campaign in Australia.

And far from wanting genuine debate, they habitually sought to evade it by discussing issues that had nothing to do with marriage, either for gays or straights.

They knew they couldn't win the real debate because their position was based purely on irrational prejudice, and fortunately their attempts at distraction failed spectacularly too.

There you go again. People who agree with you are the goodies; people who disagree are the baddies.

It’s not especially civilised or mature to unfriend people for differing political views, is it? Try finding other things in common and live and let live.

Unless of course they condone the subjugation of women, despise other religions, turn a blind eye to rape and refuse to assimilate. Trickier to tolerate.

And I don’t see anything racist in any Restore policy I’ve read. Fighting to preserve a culture that’s worth keeping, absolutely. Happy to welcome those who admire British values. Nothing about skin colour.

No, you still don't really grasp it: people who insist their unfounded prejudices justify denying other people basic rights are bad people.

There are lots of good people who disagree with me on various topics, on rational and debatable grounds. That doesn't include the anti-gay-marriage lobby.

Hmm I am a left leaning centralist, and had dalllied between conservative and labour most of my adult life although I’d say the last 10 years stuck mainly to the left.

I don’t cut people off who are far right, but I find their opinions often are so far unaligned with my own that it’s essentially now a mismatch of morals, a true friendship is impossible. Particularly those who support Trump, Restore etc.

That said, I can maintain a polite acquaintance style relationship, and I do with people at work, members of my own family even.

Ding ding ding! ✅

You keep making my point for me without realising it.

Well, I'll leave you to keep repeating your gibberish.

Ironic, but welcome.