Friendship Over Politics? (True Story) Part 2

Hello! Happy Friday.

In the last article, I shared a convo with my friends that have different beliefs about politics. I summarized the convo that they had last time on that article.

So in this article, I will be also sharing what I said to the BBM supporter. By the way, if you missed the first part, you can click this link Friendship Over Politics? (True Story) so that you will not miss anything.

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The last part of the story is giving my reply to the Leni supporter 1. Now, this time, she replied with this (nonverbatim):

Leni Supporter: Exactly. I felt hurt because that is how she lowly valued our friendship. I can not deny the fact that sometimes I do not know how to view her because of what she is posting. But it does not mean that I do not like to bond with her ever again. I am just hurt because I feel like I am the bad guy here.

Before this Group chat drama began, both parties were posting about the other candidates. It is normal to post something bad about the politician because it is politics! In the end, she said that she is willing to talk with her but the way they bond will never be the same. Now, let me summarize the BBM supporter's convo with me.

BBM supporter: I was really shocked by what I read in the group chat. Since day 1 in college, we are together. And just because of the politics, we will be ending up like this. Instead of being happy with BBM's victory, I am crying because of this. I am sorry if you are the only person I reached out to. I have a ready-heavy feeling right now.

We had more conversations and these messages are just parts of it. I am really saddened to see what happened to my friends. I never thought in forever that there will be a time that we will fight about politics. Yes, we are not perfect friends and we fought about little things. This situation has gone beyond respecting each other.

I told them to stop hinting (parinig) on their posts because someone will just get hurt. The BBM supporter is willing to have a talk and to say sorry to the Leni supporter. She said that she is willing whole-heartedly that she will forget whatever happens and bring back what our friendship is. On the other hand, the Leni supporter just want to clear the air that she never want to disown (takwil) her. She just want to make peace, but she is not sure if the same friendship will be back.

In the end, the BBM supporter still greeted the Leni supporter a happy birthday last May 12th.

Final Thoughts

At this point, I exhausted all my power to make them friends again but I cannot force them to because I know someone is still hurting. I just let the time go and do the healing. This election broke a lot of relationship.

What I can say is, I will never say bad things or below-the-belt comments on to someone that is supporting a person has different beliefs. We are humans, not robots. We have different perspective and should be respected.

Right now both of them are calmer compared last time. I do really hope that our frienship will be restored.

That is it for today. Thank you for reading. I will see you at the next one.

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Date published: May 13, 2022

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🥺 Friendship Over Politics? (True Story) https://read.cash/@Jijisaur/friendship-over-politics-true-story-b0139c90

🍕My Post Election Thoughts https://read.cash/@Jijisaur/my-post-election-thoughts-ec227f75

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