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Let's say a dear friend was, say, Biking for Bernie (you can see it on Face Book) and this friend had always been well left of you politically yet has long been one of the people always welcome in your home, always welcome in theirs, you'd trust with your kids or money, one of the people you always want to find more time to spend with and they're supporting, say, Bernie Sanders for President by, say, biking from Colorado to DC in 14 days, solo, to raise awareness of his campaign.
Would you support them by linking to their page, offering encouragement, give them a ride to the airport when they get here, work your contacts to see if you can get them some help?
Or would you see Bernie Sanders winning the Presidency as detrimental to you in ways you don't think, say, Dubbya, was? Or Obama? Or candidate of your choice might be? And, thus, not link to their page, not want to share in the reports from the road, not offer encouragement and tell them to find another way to the airport?
I am supporting my friend. I think this is awesome what he is doing be it Bernie or Bush III or Clinton II or Rand or Warren or Christie or whomever. He's sure as hell not doing the same thing and hoping for different results.
If they have a bike, why do they need a ride to the airport?
No. Linking something to my facebook page would be a form of endorsement of the subject matter I linked to not my friend. I should not be expected to endorse something that I don't agree with or believe in.
As for a ride to the airport... that would be a favor for a friend and in no way shape or form an endorsement.
As for working my contacts to get them help... again, that would be endorsement and I should not be expected to shake my connections tree for something I don't deem worthy of bugging them for.... I wouldn't do that to my connections.
Agreed. You can only "work" your contacts so often. Why use them for something you don't even believe in, or that could hurt you? That makes you look bad. I can't stand when someone bugs me for every little thing they want (think they need) or try to "use" me as a contact excessively. Those are the people that lose their connections. You shouldn't be expected to do something you don't believe in and risk losing connections who get pissed off.
If the person expects someone to respect their opinion, then they should equally respect the response.
I'm going to take an easy guess and say that not all ideas & values in any household are always perfect/correct. Thus, when a son or daughter leaves the nest, the 20 years of brainwashing may take their toll and they'll be a clone, or heaven forbid, they develop their own ideas and morals and perhaps don't agree with everything that mommy and daddy do. Shame on those ingrates.First, I would ask myself how this happened, if it were my son or daughter. After spending 20+ years instilling my values and beliefs to my children, what happened to turn them against our family values. My guess is that this transformation happened while they were attending college (indoctrination mill). I have seen this happen to friends and it is sad, but I can't image how tough it would be with my own kids.
But in all seriousness, there's a huge difference between an important "value" like "don't kill people" and "you should vote Republican/Democrat/Libertarian/etc".