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[–]slushpilot 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You're not going to convince them; they're not going to convince you.

It's perfectly good to just say "I have my own thoughts on this, and I'd rather not argue about it with my best friends". If they can't tolerate that, it really shows who is being the intolerant one.

[–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That directly implies that my thoughts are unsavory about the topic, and that's not okay. It's not a "live and let live" kind of thing to these people. It's not to any one of my peers.

[–]slushpilot 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know it implies that you disagree, but you have a right to your private thoughts. It must be okay to "live and let live". It's the bare minimum for a functioning society.