Do you seriously cut off ties with people in your private life over just one issue?

The whole Bob Costas thing got me thinking. I heard people on here and in other places state, "I am not ever listening to him again" or "I can't stand him" based on their disagreement with him over just one thing, namely gun control.

Say someone in your place of work states such things as, "hey I support gay marriage", "I believe in taxing the rich at a much higher rate", "I am atheist", " I believe in legalizing weed", "I believe in abortion".......stuff like that. Do you at that point just cut off all ties with them or what if you disagree with them?

I was pretty much thinking 99.9% of all marriages/friendships would fail if we treated our friends with as much scrutiny as we do some public figures. Just some thoughts.

 

Brett, you are dead to me...

 

My friends and family do not ever have to agree with me, nor I with them but, we do have to respect each other and each other's opinion. If I/we/they lose respect for them/each other/me, then the ties get cut.

I try to listen to all public figures, whether I think they are *******s or not. If I just wanted to listen to those that thought only like me then I would never have a realistic view or viewpoint on issues that were important to me.

 

This might come as a surprise, but I would get kind of bored if I only talked to people I agreed with all the time. I honestly can't think of a single friendship I've ended because of a disagreement in opinion.

Oh wait, except for Dan. That guy is a real *******.

 

I work with 23 other guys, all firefighter/paramedics. A good mixture between "city guys" and "good ol' boys". We cant agree on whats for dinner let alone politics, taxes, rights, blah blah...

But nobody cuts ties. Life would be miserable. 95% of the time it stays in the ball busting category.

 

Depends on what the one issue is, LOL

But 99% no I do not, debate is fun.

 

Nope....

 

Too funny man but you are spot on.....

 

If a budy tells me he thinks being gay is ok i would not hang out with him again.

 

Unless hiding someone on FB is considered "cutting ties", then I don't think I have ever purposely "cut ties" with anyone ever in my life.

 

Well there goes a beautiful friendship we will never have

If they shoot a crossbow they are out

 

Can't say that I have or will.

 

because that buddy is obviously going to butt rape you next time y'all get alone. fact.

 

I take my previous response back.

If someone doesn't believe in spelling or punctuation, I would not hang out with them again either.

Germ, that also means you're out.

 

No. I'd get very lonely with no one to talk to.

 

I haven't cut ties with people I speak with unless they take a disagreement and make it personal. Life is too short to have to deal with ___________________.

 

Are you talking one issue like an arguement, or one thing that you couldn't tolerate about that person? I was good friends with a guy in HS, college and after. Nice enough guy when he was sober. When he started drinking, he was a whole different person. Started fights with his friends, drank til he puked, drove drunk constantly, you name it, just a vile person to be around when he drank. Some friends and I decided to talk to him about it one day, he blew up on us and said he didn't have a drinking problem....whatever. I just turned the page on him at that point and we still don't speak 15 years later.

 

I'm pretty stubborn. If someone burns a bridge with me that's usually the last time. I don't forget ****. Yeah I should let things go but It's who I am. On minor disagreements, that's just life. I don't get all wound up about that. On major disagreements, that's another thing.

 

I don't usually cut ties with anyone over an opinion unless its personal. The topic just never comes up in conversation after the inital incident.

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SO I take it we would all sit down and have dinner with Mr. Costas?