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Fresh_Start

(11,365 posts) Wed May 4, 2016, 07:25 AM May 2016

Hate Donald Trump supporters? You've got a problem. [View all]

Should people even stay friends with Trump supporters? After Peter Wehner, another fierce conservative opponent of Trump, argued in the New York Times that friendship should come before political disagreements, Isaac Chotiner criticized Wehner in Slate for this softness: Trump caters to bigotry, which is worth ending a friendship over.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-supporters-20160503-story.html

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Hate Donald Trump supporters? You've got a problem. [View all] Fresh_Start May 2016 OP

And ignorance. Maybe stupidity, too. TreasonousBastard May 2016 #1

Should people even stay friends with Republican supporters in general? Matrosov May 2016 #2

Good approach. Why reach across the aisle ever? GummyBearz May 2016 #3

What kind of mental gymnastics do I perform... Bigmack May 2016 #4

if i never take a stand, do i stand for anything???? just sayin dembotoz May 2016 #6

Family, yes. You don't choose your family. auntpurl May 2016 #5

Or....should we stay friends with people who are intolerant of our opinions? slepp May 2016 #7

Here's what I posted on FB.. X_Digger May 2016 #8

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