Agree to disagree?

[beetiger]

Prompted by several discussions, on LJ and elsewhere, over the last week or so.

[Poll #288769]

Feel encouraged to discuss in more detail.

Comments

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

Err ... those aren't simple yes-or-no issues. It all has to do with attitude.

I permanently lost a friend because he thought the gay marriage issue was hysterically funny, and when I told him he was being hurtful he replied "I'll say whatever I want, if you can't take it don't talk to me."

On the other hand, I'm still friends with the ex who almost singlehandedly ruined my entire life, because there was no malice in it.

Life's funny that way.

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

BTW, the first friend I listed dumped me, not the other way around. When his LJ turned into a litany of links to homophobic rants and fake rainbow memes I unfriended him, and he responded by immediately blocking my e-mail, my messenger services, and every other way I had to contact him but telephone.

So I guess that doesn't even really count as my being unable to tolerate a friend with different views.