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[–]our_team_is_winning 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This has happened to me. Well I mean I've lost friends because I wouldn't drink the Koolaid and was very vocal about it. If they saw the light, I would be very happy. At the same time, people who cut you out of their lives over woke ideology are maybe not worth having in your life. In my case, I actually had to work with two TiM and the two friends who cut me off didn't actually know any, yet they were willing to cut ties with me on behalf of this demanding group that they had only read about.

The one particular friend, of 20 years (we're not teens, we're "old"), is very big on virtue signaling online I noticed. She puts whatever hashtag is currently trending. The other is mostly wrapped up with her husband. After having been very close to them for many years, it hurt to be written off because I think for myself.

I miss them because we had good times together, but that lack of loyalty hurts. You realize you can't trust people who would drop you on behalf of people they don't even know.

[–]Kai_Decadence[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your story, I can relate. It's the lack of loyalty that really hurts. I mean when you know that you'd never treat your friends in such a dismissive way. I mean it's one thing if you found out if said friend was a racist, rapist, molester, etc. but ideology? No. And yeah I mean, I would be happy as well if my ex-friends finally saw the light but at the same time, I just don't think I could ever take them back because it just shows where their loyalty lies, especially when you know that disbarring actually unforgivable things like Racism, Rape, etc., you wouldn't have done that to them.