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[quote=Anonymous]NP here.  I have people in my life who have different political and religious views.  I agree with the posters that you just avoid those topics, and sometimes, if the other person brings it up, you just say you don't feel like talking about politics.

That said, in the past, I have had to walk away from friendships because ideological views just kept seeping in.  So we'd avoid talking politics, but the friend kept making backhanded remarks or insults to me personally.  I realized that it wasn't so much that we disagreed on issues; it was that there was no longer mutual respect.

That person had become so immersed in ideology that he could no longer make the distinction between people and positions.  He put people in boxes.  So even if you avoided discussing issues, if he had already put you in a box, passive-aggressive politically-tinged personal insults would seep in to every seemingly innocuous conversation.

This was long before the current election, so it has nothing to do with Trump or Trump supporters, by the way.  [/quote]

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