As I often start my posts here, I’ll say that I’m middle aged. I’ve been burnt by people with materially comfort and normie opinions far too many times. I didn’t have a very warm relationship with my family, so much of my life was spent trying to find love through friendships. I’d do so much for my friend, only to see them ditch, betray, or sellout me. It happened time after time after time, well into the double digits. I’m not even exaggerating, I feel very resistant to forming close relationships with liberals.
Now I’m polite with liberals. And when bullshit starts, which it inevitable does, I’m not heartbroken the way I was in my 30s.
A lot of my friends from when I was at uni stopped talking to me after I started posting about Palestine, and those who didn’t care about that stopped talking to me when I didn’t have a job immediately. I deleted most of their numbers by now, so yeah, when I meet new people I’m polite, but I’d rather have a few comrades than a lot of fair weather friends.