Reply #78: After reading several posts like this

[Heewack]

I just don't understand it. They all read pretty much the same, "lost a friend of 30 years, brother, sister, mother, aunt, etc.", because of "my purity in my political beliefs" that these "friends" don't share. That type of thinking will undoubtedly lead to one lonely existence. I rarely read of someone who has been themselves disowned by a friend because of their beliefs, so it begs the question of why is this such a one way street? Why are DU'ers choosing to end friendships and family relations over politics? I think the answer may come from mopaul's thread he made earlier. Panic. IMO, irrational panic. Victims of our own hyperbole. No matter how bad things seem right now there will be a correction. It may not be this year or the next, but it will come. That's the history of this country. It always ebbs back and forth.

Remember that we are all on our own journey, and it's unrealistic to expect everyone in our lives to be at the same place we are on that journey. Condemning someone because they are not in the same place serves no purpose. If you were wanting her to see things the same way as you do, you effectively slammed the door shut on that possibility, and maybe even turned her away from ever seeing things in that light.

Intolerance has never solved anything.

Peace.