I guess it's something you choose to do or not do. I believe having such friends helps me not to demonise the "other side". Crazy, to think there is value in being able to have empathy for an opponent.
Of course not all my friends think like me. That’s silly strawman stuff. Be specific: which views should I be going out of my way to bring into my social circle?
I never said it is about the views, it is about the ability to have empathy for people with views very different from your own. Don’t you think it is needed, if your work is to be more than just cynically throw pebbles from the sideline? Being able to see things from their context?
I think you're confusing empathy with friendship. I can understand why someone thinks something without wanting to hang out with them. Origin Story is all about working out why people think the things they do. The conclusion might be damning but there is nothing cynical about it.
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