Society & Culture
“I will never lose a friend over politics.” Ever here that one? Of course you have.Decent and conscientious people claim to remove themselves from the fray during times of intense friction and declare they refuse to lose a friend over the issue. The question at hand isn't the divisive issue. Many issues are, in fact, worthy of conflict. What we should constantly examine is the true nature of friendship and who is worthy of that honorific. Social media has warped the concept of friendship and conflated it with all human interaction. This is terribly unnatural and toxic to humanity's well-being.The heart of the matter is if you lost a friend over politics it’s almost certain they were never a true friend from the beginning or the friendship was constructed on a foundation of superficial mutualities. Stop fretting over who leaves your life and concern yourself more deeply with whom you allow in at all. Less is more where friendship is concerned. Quality over quantity, and all that.Here’s the conversation Melina and I had about this and other stuff.