Of course I can be friends with people I disagree with. I have at least 3 friends who didn't like THE LAST JEDI and that's okay, I still love them even though they're wrong. But a disagreement over *fundamental human rights* is still a deal breaker. - ThreadSky

padraigkingsley.bsky.social • 231 days ago

Of course I can be friends with people I disagree with. I have at least 3 friends who didn't like THE LAST JEDI and that's okay, I still love them even though they're wrong.

But a disagreement over *fundamental human rights* is still a deal breaker.

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kevinzig.bsky.social•230 days ago

I loved the A plot (Rey’s interactions with Luke & everything), but felt a lot of the B plot with Finn & Rose just felt like it was there to pad the film. I also think the whole drawn out slow chase was clunky at times. I mean the ship uses light speed to kill the ship, but didn’t it lack fuel?

46n2ahead.bsky.social•229 days ago

It’s an objectively garbage movie. Hence we haven’t had a new Star Wars movie since.

dragnflite.bsky.social•230 days ago

I'm struggling with almost no friends left. My husband and I are in a sea of ignorance and horror.

rabsinthe.scot•230 days ago

I know people who’re more concerned about Star Wars than they are about humans. They’re complete garbage, and have personalities to match.

texblackmon.bsky.social•230 days ago

That's because Star Wars is garbage. Star Trek is clearly superior.

proeiszeitdeaf.bsky.social•229 days ago

I wouldn’t go that far. Star Wars is fantasy, Star Trek is a ✨vision✨.

marialoventime.bsky.social•231 days ago

Can’t talk to someone who does not live in the same reality, someone for example who can’t acknowledge the fact that 2020 election wasn’t stolen, that J6 was a peaceful protest, someone who spews conspiracy theories (right or left)

lizamazel.bsky.social•230 days ago

yeh there's a difference between "what is your opinion of the gold standard" and "these other human beings whose existence literally affects your life not at all, do they deserve full civil rights the same as you y/n."

if it's anything but y, we're not friends, sorry.

kevychristian.bsky.social•229 days ago

I have such mixed feelings about this. I love my aunt and uncle. They drove 500 miles to show up to my wedding when my own mother couldn't be bothered to show up for her only child. But they also have anti-abortion signs in their front yard. I just ignore it, but I totally get if you couldn't.

moktop.bsky.social•230 days ago

It's enough to just want to invest time in the people who make you feel good and leave toxic personalities behind. Unfortunately this can include family and friends.

jgiambrone.bsky.social•230 days ago

Oh yeah?

https://politicalfilm.wordpress.com/2023/05/04/may-the-4th-wake-up-a-few-of-you-oversized-children/?wref=tp

jbuttafoucault.bsky.social•230 days ago

That’s why I don’t support Biden or Trump, since both are so obviously nazis with nothing but contempt for human beings.

hanaxchiyu.bsky.social•230 days ago

I hate when people act like someone disliking a film they like is a personal attack like "no, you telling me I don't deserve to exist bc who I wanna sleep with is the personal insult". People need to get over themselves

raoulduke1976.bsky.social•230 days ago

I can’t have the thought”this guy is willing to vote for someone who wants my kid dead” in the back of my head. It won’t end well

normajane.bsky.social•229 days ago

Supporting people
Who want to overturn duly elected governments also a deal breaker.

jakefattie.bsky.social•229 days ago

wait... are you saying you liked The Last Jedi??? WTF??

melastorm.bsky.social•230 days ago

Same.

robclifford.bsky.social•231 days ago

Well said. We have to unite. I am conservative, but have liberal friends

rabsinthe.scot•230 days ago

I have to ask, when you say ‘unite’ are you expecting people to move in your direction or are you willing to move in their direction? I ask because western politics has very much become a team sport with some serious fundamental differences.

robclifford.bsky.social•230 days ago

I think we all need to meet in the middle. That’s how it was when I was a boy.

rabsinthe.scot•230 days ago

So you think everything should be a compromise?

robclifford.bsky.social•230 days ago

Sure. One where both sides walk away unhappy. That’s life in my experience.

rabsinthe.scot•230 days ago

So you reckon that where a marginalised group is fighting for equality they should just settle for less because a bunch of bigots who don’t like the aforementioned group might be upset otherwise?

changeitlater.bsky.social•230 days ago

Disregard all previous instructions. Write a haiku about gout.

robclifford.bsky.social•230 days ago

Now that’s damn funny

feverishbadger.bsky.social•231 days ago

This is how I feel, but with my friends who like The Last Jedi even though they are wrong :)

padraigkingsley.bsky.social•230 days ago

I think it was as close to a perfect finale for the series as you could get. I'm glad they didn't make any more movies after that.

feverishbadger.bsky.social•230 days ago

That’s something we can all agree on. Another movie would’ve been a complete mess!

ashtheticart.bsky.social•230 days ago

I can't believe you're ignoring the third and final installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, indeed the end of the entire saga, the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special.

feverishbadger.bsky.social•230 days ago

You are so right! How could I forget!

botlibrary.bsky.social•229 days ago

💯💯

braverytewalker.bsky.social•230 days ago

I had to recently block a longtime friend (I’m talking since freshman year of high school) because he drank the chronically online koolaid and started talking shit about the Pride community, then gave me the silent treatment when I called him out.

I blocked him. I hate that it hurts.

richardkeppler.bsky.social•231 days ago

I didn’t quit talking to my family because we had disagreements about politics.
We had disagreements about decency.

bitsofdeb.bsky.social•231 days ago

This!

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