This is the open minded crew remember. Good luck meeting up with some of them.
I had been sent via pm to meet by posters or alleged spouse. Let them know where I am at during week and football weekends, conveniently they say they are busy then put one on ignore.
If they disagree they attack the person. If they get it handed to them the DMs start wanting to meet.
Whatever, this place was once pretty solid. Had beers at Harry’s with posters I was on many different political levels with. Not that way anymore.
Sadly, the generalization of the collapse of community is true.
It's clearly a two way street. I can and am only speaking here from my perspective.
Given my business, I tend to being quite careful in expressing my political views, not that they are particularly unknown, but I certainly avoid things and topics that make them obvious or particularly part of the discussion. I am quite at ease with many of my quite conservative colleagues and friends and they they know that I tend to not take political comments personally or really become terribly offended by most things. My liberal and progressive friends and colleagues are clearly aware of my views. It's been my experience, and I mean this as no affront, that the "lefties" tend, for the most part, to stay clear of discussions and language that would be viewed as "political", while the "righties" have far less compunction in doing so. I don't think, and very seldom on any occasion have in the past have thought, that their doing so was with the intention of starting arguments or being offensive, but rather I have simply viewed their comments from the perspective that they really think that everyone must agree with what they're saying. Many of them are very good friends, and have been for decades, and I have no doubt of their lack of "bad" intentions.
Just an observation, and one that I am sure applies left to right as well.
Nonetheless, it seems that the phenomenon of "deunification" is sadly nearing a level that is becoming so widespread, extensive and inclusive that it may become irremedial. I see friends of 60 years duration rapidly becoming mere acquaintances, and candidly, I don't really see a solution.
I'm distraught for the future, in part because I also believe that modernity with its lack of in person depth of contacts tends to create far less actual, and less deep friendships than older generations that can serve as a crutch through such times.
I just cannot conceive of a resolution in these times, and lament it.
Sorry about the length of my Friday evening sermonizing.
