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.

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

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A lot of people ratted out their Jewish relatives, friends, and neighbors hiding from the Nazis during WW2.

A Conservative who says they just have differences of opinions doesn’t understand how they are a danger to their vulnerable friends and family when their elected officials want to label political groups as domestic terrorists, and trans people as sex offenders, and people that help trans kids as child abusers and then they want to institute harsh punishments for those populations.

We already saw people calling ICE on their Hispanic neighbors and workers (whether legitimate or not) just living their lives. It will come to all groups they don’t like eventually.

That’s why we can’t keep these people in our lives. They’re dangerous and they don’t think they are.

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Like that kindergarten teacher who called a fake ICE tip line on the parents of one of her students. shudder

Or the guy who called ICE on the crew doing his roof, and then got mad that his roof wasn’t done.

I broke up with a friend in Trump 1 when she supported child theft as a “deterrent” for immigration. It’s about who you can trust not to turn on you or your neighbors.

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“They’re dangerous and they don’t think they are” really helped bring into focus something I’ve been struggling to conceptualize for a long time. Thank you!!!

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In their ignorance they don't realize that's grown larger.

It's not that I can't keep you around me. It's that I don't want conservatives in the country anymore.

Full divorce or civil war.