Michael F Schundler
1 min readJan 29, 2025

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People including family, that cannot accept an individual based on their politics, sexual orientation, race, or any other criteria unrelated to what should be a special personal bond are not your friends and in the case of family are nothing more than people who share biological DNA in common.

I have lost "friends" over my politics, and I have close friends who hold the opposite views regarding politics that I do. I no longer worry about people I can't count on unless I conform to their opinions about what I should believe and not believe.

We are a country whose core values are grounded in unalienable individual human rights which include the pursuit of happiness not conformity to someone else's expectations.

Strangely many conservatives might find common cause with you having been cancelled for "coming out" as conservatives in a world where progressive liberals demand they think and talk in a manner that is politically correct.

Family and friends are supposed to be a place where people feel safe to be themselves. Family and friends don't have to believe the things you do only accept you.

I think the real question is not "where is home". You know the answer to that question. The issue is a sadness that comes with leaving behind people, places and things that were precious to you at one time but no longer fit or perhaps never did fit with who you are.

People who love one another find a way to tolerate differences, those who don't won't.

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