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Comment by kcplate

18 days ago

It seems to me that the bad qualities of a person that would cause them to embrace genocide should be evident long before you get into a friendship that you would need to end.

You would think, but unfortunately the world is full of duplicitous people.

  • This extends to actions vs beliefs too.

    F.ex. one of my most altruistic and charitable friends is a Trump supporter

    She's run a Christmas time charity for 10 years, solely out of the goodness of her heart, to ensure that families in our community who are struggling get what they need for a happier holiday in tough times.

    It's a non-trivial 6 months of work, between making prizes for donation-driving lotteries, attending events and promoting, and then finding the most cost-effective deals for the families.

    So I choose to say "She's a better person than most I know, in some ways, and disagrees with me in others. Worth friendship."