I have a friend who I find really enraging recenty. We have been friends since we were in kindergarten, but I am finding it nearly impossible to connect with him all of a sudden. I linked something funny about punching nazis and he freaked out about free speech. He says feminism isn't necesary because women are equal, and seems to spend hours laughing at SJW memes. Feminism and social justice is a joke, but Nazis need protecting?
Despite the fact that its enraging, do you abandon a life long friend when he gets sucked down a free speech rabbit hole you can't follow him down?
goof_goat wrote
I guess one answer is it depends on how much you see this person. If you still have to deal with them regularly, it might be worth trying to convert them. if not, maybe just walk away unless you want to do a lot of work trying to convert them. i think sometimes it's good to just say 'we can't hangout anymore if you're going to believe all that bullshit. let me know if you wake up.' or something like that.
in my own life, i literally left the small town full of trump voters i grew up with and do not interact with them anymore at all. sometimes i miss playing video games with them or joking about all our in jokes. but i mean, you move on and find better people.