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People didn’t stop being friends with you over your conservative politics. They stopped being friends with you your conservative politics led you to being an asshole and people don’t wanna be friends with assholes. Stop taking pride in being assholes
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Anonymous 5d

I had 12 people unfollow me over posting Rest In Peace Charlie Kirk. 12 people who I have never previously had a problem with 12 people who I went to church with, went to concerts with, watched movies with, had sleepovers as kids with 4 of those 12 people who I called my sorority sisters and raised money for children’s hospitals and foster homes with 3 of those 12 people I lived with for almost two years until they moved

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Anonymous 6d

No, they didn’t. They stopped being friends because of politics. Be real. People hate that people have republican/conservative viewpoints. Not all of them obviously, but I’ve had former friends not like me and end the relationship just bc of my political viewpoints. Before you say anything like I’m an asshole, the majority of my friends are the opposite of my political viewpoint. They just like being around me, and I like being around them.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

You believe the brainwashing by supporting Republicans. That's it. Weak minded individual.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

It’s really chicken or the egg isn’t it. Are people conservative because they’re assholes or are they assholes because they’re conservative? One thing is for certain tho, to have conservative views requires being an asshole

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

I don’t think you can deny the existence of “owning the libs” culture on the Republican side, and I think that’s why a lot of people don’t wanna be friends with Republicans. Republicans will see a fucking toddler with brain cancer get deported and be like “HELL YEAH BROTHER, THAT’S WHAT I VOTED FOR!!! CRY HARDER LIBS” and wonder why the libs don’t wanna be besties for the resties with them.

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 6d

Oh I’m not saying that doesn’t exist, it definitely does. But it exists with democrats too. Democrats literally do the same shit, but under the guise of actually caring. I remember when people on the left shat on trump and republicans for making that kid with brain cancer an honorary fbi agent. All the democrats sat down. It’s deplorable. I’m not saying republicans are perfect, bc obviously they’re not.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

Like, even a lot of the more moderate but conservative-leaning people I know can’t stand the MAGA cult people because they’re just fuckin dicks man. You can’t build your entire political movement around being fuckin dicks, coalesce around a president who’s entire thing is being a fuckin dick, and then act shocked when people are like “idk man, I think you might be a fuckin dick”

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 6d

The entire ethos of Trump as a “straight shooter, who tells it like it is” is just conservative speak for “he’s a fuckin dick to people that I also dislike” lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

Democrats sat down because that was deplorable political theater that shouldn’t be encouraged. Any president can give a sick kid the spotlight for a moment and many have, but trump is the one president who is cutting funding for cancer research and other medical research at unprecedented levels. Kids will die and have already died from preventable deaths because of his decision to do that. He was using that kid as a pawn, it’s disrespectful to everyone involved

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 6d

I get people don’t want to be friends with assholes. It’s logical. But I haven’t met a single “maga” person that isn’t reasonable in their wants. They don’t want illegal immigrants here, they don’t want people taking advantage of social services, and they want America to be the priority. All of those wants are reasonable in my opinion. Just having those beliefs doesn’t make a person an asshole. I think much of the reason people view “MAGA” people as assholes is because media forces them too.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

It’s hard to want to be friends with somebody that calls you a nazi, a bigot, or a racist, when you’re not any of those things. It’s easy for someone to think these people are assholes when people constantly label them.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6d

I’m gonna need an example.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

Yet you vote for those things. Which makes you an asshole

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6d

I don’t think it’s either. I disagree. If anything, that is brainwashing. That because you have different views, you’re an asshole.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6d

Yeah, I’m an asshole, but you haven’t asked a single question on why I do. You just say he’s an asshole bc he doesn’t believe in the same things as I do and doesn’t have the same priorities as me.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

I mean, my old college roommate was a Republican, but not one who was super plugged in about politics, and he wasn’t an asshole. Him and I could sit and have a reasoned conversation about politics and both come away from it with a better understanding of the other person’s position. In my experience, he was an exception, not the rule. I’d also never call him a bigot or any synonym for it because he made it clear to me that social issues were where his biggest issues with his party lie.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

“Conswrvative viewpoints” and it’s probably ones like some people don’t deserve basic human rights

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 6d

Was I a little mad at him for a couple days after the election, knowing he’d voted for the guy I thought was the Worst Case Scenario for our country? Yeah, I was. We’re still friends, it wasn’t really personal. Now, if you voted for Trump SPECIFICALLY ON SOCIAL ISSUES, or as someone who’s actually highly informed about politics, then yeah I think that makes you an asshole. My non-asshole Republicans I know don’t meet those criteria.

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 6d

That’s great. I’m glad you had someone on the other side to talk to. That’s what everybody wants.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 6d

It depends on what you mean by human rights.

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Anonymous replying to -> fuuuckyikyak 6d

You don’t think democrats have done political stunts? That they don’t gas themselves up?

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 6d

And I get that, being a person that’s like “I’m gonna tell the truth even when it hurts” sucks, but to a certain extent it’s good. Some people just can’t learn until they feel some consequences. And that isn’t bad.

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 5d

So you’re talking about social issues as in abortion, illegal immigration, things like that?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

Conservative viewpoints like how were paying illegals to stay here even though that's easily disproven? Like vaccines and Tylenol cause autism which the government just said has no link? The values that say supporting the lower class society is wrong and they should starve?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

Or is it that orange pedophile guy oppresses people you don't like and you get your pussy ass 2a unrestricted which will kill more innocent people like it does every year but you don't give a fuck because it's not your family being torn apart?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

Or is it as simple as "pedophilia is okay and trump shouldn't be prosecuted for it"

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

Pick a stance lil bro

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

A political stunt is more like a politician riding a city bus to a debate, like mamdani just did. Sure it’s flashy and focused on attracting press but mamdani supports public transit and made a point to highlight something he supports. Trump does not support children with terminal illnesses but acted like he did for a few minutes while the cameras were on him. It’s the hypocrisy that’s the issue here

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Anonymous replying to -> fuuuckyikyak 5d

Also I think we can all acknowledge that the “he tells the truth even if it’s mean” thing is an act right? Anyone who knows anything about trump knows that telling lies is the foundation of what he does, he has very little to do with telling “hard truths”

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 5d

It was absolutely about politics because after years of friendship and deep relationships they unfollowed me after posting R.I.P about somebody who supported conservative viewpoints

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 5d

Charlie Kirk was an asshole

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 5d

Absolutely no reason to say RIP to someone who wishes suffering on others.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

People on the left what on Trump about that kid with brain cancer because while he was exploiting the kid on one side, on the other he was cutting funding for cancer research.

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