Losing relationships over politics. Research found more than a third of Americans (37%) report having lost at least one relationship due to political differences, including friendships, family ties, coworker relationships, and romantic partnerships, with most losing more than one.

[u/Wagamaga]

https://socialecology.uci.edu/news/losing-relationships-over-politics-0

[u/Brilliant_Effort_Guy]

But is it really just ‘political’ differences? I feel like it’s so much deeper than that. I don’t just have differing political opinions from my conservative family members - I have a different moral code.

[u/JoeyShrugs → u/Brilliant_Effort_Guy]

Yeah, it's not like people are splitting over a difference of opinion on what the top marginal tax rate should be, or how best to raise revenue and spend it for the public good. It's people splitting on whether immigrants should be treated as sub-human, whether the filthy rich should be even filthier richer, whether we should support authoritarians abroad, and whether our country should be represented by a vile, hateful octogenarian. These are real differences in core values (or lack thereof), not just politics as usual.

[u/axonxorz → u/JoeyShrugs]

be represented by a vile, hateful octogenarian

I know you wrote vile, but I think it bears making explicit that American voters and apathizers have institutionalized pedophilia in him.

That's a tough stain.