What Would Break A Friendship For You?
The Republican Party is in chaos. There are two very different brands of Republicans. There is the Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger Republican brand who put the United States over party. They support democracy, not autocracy. I know Liz and Adams’s values. I trust Liz and Adam. I can agree to disagree with Liz and Adam Republicans.
Then there is the MAGA Republican brand led by: a misogynist with a narcissistic personality disorder; who has told over 30,000 fact-checked lies during his presidency; who supports White Christian Nationalism (which is not what our forefathers had in mind when they wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution); of whom 21 of his former White House staff will not vote for him including former Chief of Staff retired Marine General John Kelly – is a different brand. And those who support MAGA and its leader scare the joy, the hope, the trust out of me.
I can no longer tolerate the line, “Just because we oppose each other politically doesn’t mean we can’t be friends.”
“Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future. The people you’re hanging out with today are shaping the person you will become tomorrow.” – Craig Groeschel
If you believe and support the Project 2025 playbook, which promotes autocracy over democracy, is the way to govern the United States, that is a friendship breaker.
If you believe a government, judicial system, or a man can tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body, that is a friendship breaker.
If you embrace Christian Nationalism, which excludes about 30% of the population or over 100,000,000 people, that is a friendship breaker.
If you call yourself pro-life but are only pro-birth because you don’t care about people experiencing poverty, the imprisoned, people experiencing homelessness, the immigrant, the uninsured, or the lack of legislation to create gun safety, that is a friendship breaker.
If you support gerrymandering, unfair voting, and denial of a peaceful transfer of power, that is a friendship breaker.
If you don’t believe LGBTQ+ and BIPOC should be treated fairly and with equity, that is a friendship breaker.
If you continue to promote and contribute to the unhealthy ways we treat planet Earth, that is a friendship breaker.
If you believe your opinion and conspiracies are more important than facts and evidence, that is a friendship breaker.
If you would like to have a challenging conversation about these “friendship breakers” that include listening to each other to understand and sharing fact/evidence-based perspectives rather than opinion and conspiracy, let’s find a time and place to meet face-to-face.
