Right there with you. I've got a couple old gop friends (1 has defected by vote but not, so far as I know, party. The other is a Libertarian and refuses to vote for D's but thinks he isn't supporting the gop by voting L) so I try to stretch for the L's comfort. I always get a lecture. The 45 yr old friendship is now strained largely because I'm done talking. Does no good. I've even pointed out that a religious based govt will sentence me to death for being bisexual and liberal. If he helps them do that then how can I continue to see him as a friend? I get more lectures about how gays can now marry so all is right with the world and I need to find happiness. So I ask about family and his motorcycles and things stay neutral but we don't talk much, anymore.

@rainmanjr Yeah, I can't pretend. I don't have any problem cutting awful people out of my life, and there is no intelligent debate to be had on that point; Republicans are awful people because they support an awful agenda. Should be obvious to them when people on their side wear swastikas and hoods even if they don't wear them themselves. When you find out there's self-described Nazis in your group, and you don't bug the fuck out, you're a Nazi, too. That's definitely one of those things that unequivocally causes guilt by association.

@rainmanjr Yeah, gays can now marry, so no more bias there & we elected a black man, so racism is over, so I guess we can all rest easy now???

@SeaGreenEyez A culture doesn't quickly change because its umbrella authority falls down. I think d$A has learned THAT much. NRA will have influence long after its demise (if that happens).

@rainmanjr Agreed. Their website is still up and they're still producing voter guides for their members. That's still a lot in my book.