I don’t really have conservative friends anymore. And I think, on an intellectual level at least, that that’s a shame, because we really ought to be talking to each other.
But there are non-negotiable issues that preclude the possibility of friendship now. You can’t be my friend if you think my son shouldn’t be allowed to use men’s bathrooms, or my daughter shouldn’t be allowed to marry who she wants to. You can’t be my friend if you think we should talk about the positive side of slavery in school. You can’t be my friend if fundamental scientific facts are matters of opinion to you.
I don’t really have conservative friends anymore. And I think, on an intellectual level at least, that that’s a shame, because we really ought to be talking to each other.
But there are non-negotiable issues that preclude the possibility of friendship now. You can’t be my friend if you think my son shouldn’t be allowed to use men’s bathrooms, or my daughter shouldn’t be allowed to marry who she wants to. You can’t be my friend if you think we should talk about the positive side of slavery in school. You can’t be my friend if fundamental scientific facts are matters of opinion to you.
And that’s fucking sad.