Ugliness is not new in a political year but this time around it has brought out all the hate, prejudice and other such ugly terms to the forefront…..the ugliness has become infectious…..people are going after each other’s throat….name calling, insults and attacks…..even to the point of lost friendships……
This election is tearing friendships apart. Politico reports that a poll released Wednesday by Monmouth University found that 7% of the 802 people surveyed say they’ve lost at least one friendship due to the election. Clinton supporters were the most susceptible to this, with 9% saying the election has cost them a friendship compared to 6% of Trump supporters, according to CBS News.
Perhaps that’s due to the “harsh language” being used during the campaign. The poll found 65% of people think the election’s harsh language is unjustified. But 47% of Trump supporters think it’s justified compared to just 17% of Clinton supporters. More people (37%) believe the harsh language starts with Trump supporters than believe it starts with Clinton supporters (11%). Overall, 70% of respondents say the election has brought out the worst in people. Just 4% say it’s brought out the best.
It is a shame that a country that prides itself on its democratic beliefs could allow a political campaign destroy friendships and even families….sorry but I think it is silly to lose a friend that does not agree with your politics……personally I do not let politics determine my friendships. What others do is up to them….but if a deference in opinion can destroy a friendship….was it really a friendship?
It was bound to happen….with all the hate being instilled in those phobic pricks on the internet (both sides have phobic a/holes)………they are the ones when blame is assigned to shoulder the results of all the fracturing of the American society.
Not that any one of them would be smart enough to recognize the damage they are doing.
It has become a waiting game to see if all this hatred and vile statements will have any lasting effect on society….my guess that it will for a decade maybe longer.
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I agree … “It has become a waiting game to see if all this hatred and vile statements will have any lasting effect on society….my guess that it will for a decade maybe longer.” …. friendships and family members!!
Thanx my friend and hope you have a great week….chuq
You too, dear chuq …. 🙂
kiss and hugz
Back at ya, dear friend …
“Friendship” is a whole different colored horse now than it was a decade or two ago. “Friendship” is now an often-misunderstood and mis-applied word to denote something that people might wish for it to be but because of the decentralization of the family unit and the pressures of scheduling and the re-thinking of family relationships it is no longer what it once was. So as a result “Friendships” are quickly made these days and just as quickly dissolved. Just the same as we live in a plastic-wrapped, throw-away society we now have come to view traditional attitudes (such as friendships) in the same vein and friendships have now morphed into throw-away commodities like everything else in our growingly sterile, distant and isolated world.
Maybe for some….for me it is what it was then as it is now….I guess that is why I have lots of acquaintances but few friends….I do not throw friends away.
We might retain the old standards for ourselves but somewhere down the line we are going to butt heads with people who adhere to the news standards and then we might get our feeling hurt when they eventually reject us. I am very wary of relationships.
I am confident in all my friends….they have been so for decades…..
Unfortunately, it is just a reflection of an underlying systemic problem. The country itself is becoming lost … friendships are just a small part of the bigger picture.
“friendships” is not involved at all….profits make the decisions…