A couple of times in recent days, I have found myself musing over a problem that I’m sure everyone has to deal with from time to time. What do you do, when someone you know, and perhaps like, comes out with a statement that either disgusts or repulses you? What if you are getting along with someone fine, and then they come out with something you find repugnant such as racism? This has happened recently to a friend of mine, who recently met someone who they thought they might get on with, only to find this person referring to people as “Pakis”. Now my friend tried to level this with the circumstances of the person in question, but is that acceptable? I have recently added several “friends” on Facebook, who, it would appear are such a long way from me politically, that I think I might find it hard to have a conversation with them, without it ending in tears. So what to do? Should I delete away? I think I might have to. I regularly get told to ignore people...but I also think that if you do not challenge them, then they will continue to spout this nasty crap. However, does that make me like one of those terrible born again types who try to convert everyone? In addition to this...what do I do about the less clear cut cases? There are friends of mine who are out and out Tories....Now if we talk politics, we invariably fall out, So I avoid it...but what if my ideology is so far from theirs? Does this mean it is impossible to be close to them? After all...I find it very hard to respect someone with views I detest....
Not sure I have the answer
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