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That’s why we have frenemies. 

Remember Professor X and Magneto. 

>What are your thoughts can you be friends with people who hold different beliefs and values or should you shun all the idiots that view the world differently than you do. :)

I believe every body is entitled to their beliefs. Based on this, if the other persons belief is not in any way bringing me or people around me any physical, mental or psychological harm or discord beyond what is averagely humanely acceptable then i guess we're good.

I didn't know about this and that's because, for the most part, I don't allow these forms of media to creep into my mind and manipulate me.  I'm also Canadian, so the USA politics mean nothing to me.  I know there's a huge divide and seemingly no such thing as a middle ground over there but as an outsider looking in, people being concerned about who sits next to who is borderline insanity.  Is that country truly that boring?

I can't imagine finding my seat at the hockey game, but before sitting, I'm handing a form over to the one in the seat next to me, with questions they must answer, before I can sit.  If they don't answer correctly, I have to find a new seat or ask them to leave.  If I don't follow procedure and sit next to the *proper* individual, I might get fired from my job, fined, banished from the tribe.

To even care about who sits next to who and where shows how powerful the media brainwash in the USA truly is.  Social media makes it all spread like a virus.  

Maybe it's time to stop stalling and just have your little civil war over there.  It seems like that's what a lot of people want anyway.  May as well just get it over with now so people have to die before they realize sitting next to those you disagree with is how matters get settled.

The mainstream media is a cancer to society.

This is sad. People should view this as a good thing. We could say "look, there can be civility among people with different beliefs." Instead, people are tripping out for no good reason.

I do think the media really plays up these types of things though. If everyone is getting along, they have nothing to talk about. It seems like they are creating outrage so they can report on it.

> Or maybe the "Left" is figuring out we are all "Outrage Exhausted".

From outside of Europe we're getting (or maybe it's just me) a bit 'American Outrage Exhausted'. It's crazy how people in the US seem to scream at each other from one side of the room to the other, while not really having conversations anymore. News stories aren't *news* stories anymore, but *meta stories* about how someone was upset about something (not so) newsworthy.

It's tiring and I tend to avoid more and more 'discussions' amongst Americans (also more and more on Discord lately) as I feel like many people have 'closed their minds' and decided to sit on one side of the political spectrum stubbornly believing they are on the right side without trying to look outside of their bubble. 

And yes, I totally know 'not all Americans' :') And there's even some spill-over effect of this behaviour in other countries. 

I wish everyone some perspective and difference of opinion does not mean 'bad character'. Personally if I was gay I would hate being friendly to someone who is opposing such a core characteristic of *me*, but hey, I'm not Ellen, and without having watched her explanation it's not up to me to decide how she handles that and I will certainly not judge her for simply liking George even though his beliefs might in some ways hurt her.

I don’t go to pro sporting events very often, but when I do, I’d much rather sit next to someone whose political views are different than mine than someone who’s slamming down alcohol.

Unfortunately, she doesn't extend this sentiment to our President.

She has openly expressed she will not have him on her show because he is "against everything she stands for"... while being chummy with someone reputed as a war criminal by many.

Idk but personally think it's a load of hypocritical PR bullshit.

When George Bush was president he was generally despised in Korea and there were large demonstrations, especially when he visited.
However as a former president he more recently visited Korea to attend a 10 year memorial service for the former president of Korea (he was in office when Bush was president, but committed suicide). Koreans were really happy to see Bush here, despite not liking him while in office and appreciated his speech.
I think holding grudges against retired politicians is odd. Bush is barely noticable on the political scene these days and just gives his opinion or joins events occasionally.

i knew nothing about this, than i had to go to her twitter and watch the video, than read the comments and i see majority of people think he is a war criminal. well if really that many US citizens claim he is a war criminal they should do something about it. and if you look at that in that way, they should do something about well maybe every live former president of USA? 

it looks like they were just sited next to each other, and been civilised people. or maybe it is an conspiracy of the world shadow leaders to soften both sides. who the f knows... 

Here's how I see it.....

If I want people to accept me the way I am and treat me nice even when we don't see eye to eye on everything, then isn't that what I am supposed to be  doing for everyone else?

I thought it was totally crazy how people threw away long time friends and made public spectacles of themselves over their political opinions.  Honestly... it was hard to fathom.

I have to admit, even though I just said I have to accept others how they are if I want them to accept me how I am, I do have issue with public shamers (quietly, in my head).  I think it is some sort of addiction now, bullying if you will, to try to see if you can bend someone else to your opinion..... to be a part in mass shaming.  What a sad testimony to the heart of a person, that they get something that makes them feel good out of it.

I'm so glad she didn't cave. I've seen a lot of folks apologize for things they really didn't need to apologize for, simply because of huge amount of online ugliness.

Sad.... very sad.

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I think that one thing social media is really good at is amplifying vocal minorities, to the point that they start sounding like majorities. Twitter does a particularly good job of this--probably because of how easy it is to get bots and sock puppet accounts going there.

The even bigger problem is that the 24-hour news cycle in the US is so desperate for clickbait that they take the worst of what circulates on Twitter and report on it as if Twitter is an actual news source, which of course it's not--it's just a bunch of people (and bots) espousing their opinions.

I think the real solution is to get people thinking critically and realizing the difference between fact and opinion. But, easier said than done!