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Agreed.

I have conversations with a lot of people about politics, even though where I live it puts me sometimes into uncomfortable positions and I'm sure I've lost customers or other business opportunities due to it.

The people supporting clinton fall into two baskets (sorry, couldn't resist).

#1 are people who have reasons (sometimes good, sometimes bad) for supporting clinton. I can have very productive conversations with these people, and, intellectually honest ones.

#2 are the people that simply say that any support for trump whatsoever is tantamount to treason and betrayal (morally/personally or even one time, someone actually said it should be "illegal"). They rarely have any good reasons for supporting clinton and when it is, I generally find it to be an issue where they interpret position as indelible truth. EG: Clinton is better for LGBT people, if you support Trump, you hate LGBT people. Perhaps LGBT people, of which I am one, simply have different priorities? What if I believe trump will do a better job with the economy and I consider that more important than having legislation protecting who will bake a cake at my wedding? Many people I used to consider this friends take that position as a moral and personal treason.

I unfortunately have a lot less friends than a year ago.