I have friends with different views and I don't care as long as we care about each other and have fun together.
I know some people who are not willing to set aside differences though and it sucks to see that. Why not focus on what we have in common and can share together?
But part of being young is figuring out what you care about, being young you can be very idealistic and passionate. That's natural.
It doesn't really worry me too much, young people are figuring out who they are and what's important to them.
You don't get to pick who's your neighbor. As young people get older and see that we all go to a job and cooperate together no matter what walk of life you come from, everyone is trying to go about their daily lives, people see what they have in common as they go through it all together.
I think at that point it will settle in that to survive in this world you become pragmatic. At that point you also see that people go through changes, and you can vary your own beliefs and change them as you learn more and can be exposed to more. People they didn't agree with before, maybe they can find more common ground now. You can also find that you can disagree with your younger self and wish you could go back in the past and explain or give advice.
In the end I'm sure people eventually find they can't just condemn someone and dismiss them entirely because it's very short sighted. Even if you completely "hate" someone from your point of view, there is always change, growth, learning, redemption, etc.
If someone is actively f***ing with you then I can see not wanting to associate with them, but just disagreeing with someone doesn't seem like a good reason to dismiss a person entirely, and that it's destructive and limits yourself to do that to others. As people mature that is one of the things they learn.
For young people I think that being with like minded people is natural. You still find that you don't agree with everything within that group though and differences are everywhere. And you'll be forced to live with people you disagree with no matter how granular you get with the people you associate with.
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