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Would you not be friends with someone who doesn't have the same general political beliefs as you?
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#2
I mean I am not going to be friends with someone who is a racist or someone who believes the UK is no place for immigrants
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#3
It would only matter if the person leaned extremely left or right, other than that I believe there is some leeway.
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#4
I don't mind being friends with people with completely opposite political views to me as long as they can explain why they have these opinions instead of blindly repeating what everyone else is saying and not understanding it.
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#5
No neo nazis or loony Chris Williamson types, but apart from that it's mostly sound
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#6
no tankies and no far-right BNP types. apart from those i won't decide not to befriend someone by virtue of their political alignment.
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#7
(Original post by issawrap)
Would you not be friends with someone who doesn't have the same general political beliefs as you?
Would you not be friends with someone who doesn't have the same general political beliefs as you?
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(Original post by ruru06)
I mean I am not going to be friends with someone who is a racist or someone who believes the UK is no place for immigrants
I mean I am not going to be friends with someone who is a racist or someone who believes the UK is no place for immigrants
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#9
I have friends and exes from all over the political spectrum.
Of course, there does have to be some shared values and basic standards of sane behaviour.
I wouldn't be keen on having much to do with anyone that were supporters/members/funders for any prescribed organisations or organised crime gangs.
Nor members or financial backers of: AB, BF, BFP, DYR, EKP, KT, KKK, ONA, PA, WBC.
Of course, there does have to be some shared values and basic standards of sane behaviour.
I wouldn't be keen on having much to do with anyone that were supporters/members/funders for any prescribed organisations or organised crime gangs.
Nor members or financial backers of: AB, BF, BFP, DYR, EKP, KT, KKK, ONA, PA, WBC.
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#10
I mean it would be pretty hard to be friends with someone who wanted people who looked like me deported, dehumanized or killed so yeah I'd say it's important
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#12
(Original post by alexschmalex)
I mean it would be pretty hard to be friends with someone who wanted people who looked like me deported, dehumanized or killed so yeah I'd say it's important
I mean it would be pretty hard to be friends with someone who wanted people who looked like me deported, dehumanized or killed so yeah I'd say it's important
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#13
I feel as though we naturally gravitate towards people with similar views, so differing views don’t really happen. Then again, there’s different views a fascism and the only friends fascists have are other fascists.
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#14
(Original post by issawrap)
Would you not be friends with someone who doesn't have the same general political beliefs as you?
Would you not be friends with someone who doesn't have the same general political beliefs as you?
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#15
I wouldn’t be exceptionally comfortable being friends with someone who doesn’t share the same fundamental moral principles as me. However I don’t think POLITICS should be something you base friendships off/ bring into your personal life. Many forget that.
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#16
sadly they're important. Maybe not purely political views but political views often reflect specific views of a given person related to personal values, beliefs (including religious beliefs) etc. So, I think it's pretty difficult to be close friends with someone who has completely different perception of so many things.
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#17
Hi
It all depends on how strong people's views are.
The vast majority of times, people that make a couple have the
same political/life views along with how strong their views are.
You are never going to get an extreme leftist coupling up with an opposite view.
It is only important if it is important to you and if the other person no likey, then
you will no longer be a couple.
It all depends on how strong people's views are.
The vast majority of times, people that make a couple have the
same political/life views along with how strong their views are.
You are never going to get an extreme leftist coupling up with an opposite view.
It is only important if it is important to you and if the other person no likey, then
you will no longer be a couple.
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#18
Not really unless they bang on about politics all the time then it'd be important that we had some common ground.
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(Original post by issawrap)
Would you not be friends with someone who doesn't have the same general political beliefs as you?
Would you not be friends with someone who doesn't have the same general political beliefs as you?
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#20
(Original post by Anonymous)
Personally, yes. I'm pretty left wing and I absolutely cannot understand how some people are able to argue against raising taxes when we have a 20% child poverty rate in this country - imo your political opinions say a lot about you: i can tell what your priorities are, and from that i can decide whether you are the kind of person i want to spend time with or not
Personally, yes. I'm pretty left wing and I absolutely cannot understand how some people are able to argue against raising taxes when we have a 20% child poverty rate in this country - imo your political opinions say a lot about you: i can tell what your priorities are, and from that i can decide whether you are the kind of person i want to spend time with or not
also, someone who is centre right "for the economy" and votes conservative imo is just missing the point, or people who choose not to vote because they "dont like corbyn"... there are far larger things at stake and i think stupid to ignore them
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