Do you believe friendship can survive differences in political beliefs?
By lealuvy2j
@lealuvy2j (1992)
Philippines
November 7, 2026 12:48pm CST
I have a friend and we had an argument in the comments section in my social media. Here in the Philippines, politics is highly divisive. To be honest though, part of me cannot reconcile why a person would be ok about state institutionalized offing of a person's life but since we had known each other a long time, I gave her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe the propaganda got to her?
With the recent US midterm elections, I wonder if this is also what is happening in other countries
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@JohnRoberts (109216)
• Los Angeles, California
20h
No. We no longer live in a tolerate society respecting other people's beliefs and opinions.
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@lealuvy2j (1992)
• Philippines
20h
Tolerance is difficult though because of moral ambiguity. If a person is ok with hateful things like killings and racism. I think there is a boundary for tolerance
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@lealuvy2j (1992)
• Philippines
12h
I think also that it seems like a universal thing
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@LeaPea2417 (40051)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18h
I have an online friend who is complete opposite of me in my religious and political beliefs. I don't want to block the person because I want to see if they block me. Does that make sense?
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@lealuvy2j (1992)
• Philippines
7h
Totally makes sense. I also thing I keep them as well hoping they see other points of view
@RasmaSandra (102173)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19h
I never speak to anyone about politics and am glad I have no one to speak to anyway. Definitely not a politically minded person,
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@Deepizzaguy (126572)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16h
I keep my political beliefs to myself since my relatives do not like President Trump.
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@mynameiskate (2663)
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19h
My comment will be a question.
At what point is a persons belief not acceptable because it is affecting the other person?
I mean so many times anger is present even if an opinion doesn't matter. If courts or political authority is to be changed it is changed by democracy for example or if the country doesn't have democracy a persons opinion does nothing either for or against. So their anger is present regardless.
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