Someone I know on FB recently posted that they were unfriending anyone who supported a particular political figure. There are lots of controversial figures in politics on both sides and I don't want this thread to turn into an argument about the merits of this particular person, so I am leaving them unnamed. Anyway, a couple of people responded that it was sad that he was ending friendships over political differences. So that made me wonder, is it ever okay to end a friendship over a political disagreement? If so, at what point does that become okay?
If it's on FB I would like to ask what kind of friends?
It's understandable to unfriend friends on facebook if they support politics that are contrary to yours.
If it's a real friend, I would think twice. It would have to be a very radical political view he would need to have.
Politics isn't just some random politicians you like, or don't.
It's about the society, the economical system you want to live in. If you support a certain political idea, you also support the consequences it will have on a society.
If you want to live in a pluralistic society, where everyone is equal and welcome and the other one wants a world with "ethnic clean" nations, where minorities have no rights and the media, just as large parts of the society under control of one party, itself understandable that you don't want to keep the friendship alive.