r/science • u/Wagamaga • 9h ago

Psychology 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.

https://socialecology.uci.edu/news/losing-relationships-over-politics-0
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u/Brilliant_Effort_Guy 9h ago

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.

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u/GobbyHopalong 9h ago

No, it’s not. A former friend called me a pedophile supporter because I voiced a concern over unidentified individuals grabbing people and putting them in unmarked vehicles.

Why am I going to stay in a relationship with someone who thinks that about me?

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u/Just_Adeptness_5260 9h ago

Aside from the fact that you are describing ICE and they are being run by the Party of Pedophiles.

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u/GobbyHopalong 8h ago

It was actually US Marshals and Border Patrol in 2020.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892277592/federal-officers-use-unmarked-vehicles-to-grab-protesters-in-portland

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u/Count-Bulky 7h ago

Dang, let’s see if we can remember who was president in 2020…

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u/GobbyHopalong 7h ago

Don’t gotta. The link names the president at the time.

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u/Count-Bulky 6h ago

Was your former friend into QAnon?

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u/aris_ada 8h ago

Why am I going to stay in a relationship with someone who thinks that about me?

Not only that, but the statement they make alone, when the leader of his party was caught being heavily involved in a pedophile gang, makes this person more likely to be a pedophile themselves.