Several comments on here read like prime examples of “anyone who opposes me is a fascist”. Of course in conservative forums it’s similarly “anyone who opposes me is a lunatic Marxist”. Try having a relationship across aisles in this climate!

The study took 30 years to conclude but I wonder whether the current political climate makes it even more unlikely that people across political divides can form really any kind of relationship. I know I have found it difficult to maintain a relationship with anyone staunchly conservative even if political leaning has never been a main criterion for me in mate selection or in friendships.

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This sounds like something I would tell my friends as a "joke" when we where all very tired.

GOOD

People that disagree about fundamental things in life tend to not be good matches romantically....news at 11.

Tune in Saturday to watch our round table where several overly serious and over paid people discuss why the relationship between the Jewish woman and her literal Nazi husband fell apart.

Unless your a true progressive, leftist, socialist, ACAB, ANTIFA outside the 2 regressive parties your views are mostly the same as they preserve cancerous capitalism .

Who would anyone be so dumb to marry /be with someone in any relationship configuration of opposite mind?

This study was a waste of money that could the have gone community and medical care because its that DUH alread established knowledge!!!!!

I get that people on lemmy are usually very political, and a big chunk of their lives orbit around politics.

But for most people that's not the case.

I think that's why I see so many comments of people shocked that someone would date other person who would vote for a different political party.

If politics is not a priority on your life it won't really have much an impact on their relationship.

Talking from experience, I've dated people that have voted both the right and the extreme right. And it really didn't burdened our relationship. You must understand that our conversations usually never pivot about politics, and when we talk about politics we don't get passionate about it it's just more like "you think that? Cool I think this other thing. So... what are eating today?"

I suppose in long term when you are all your life with a person overtime there can be frictions, specially if one or both become more passionate about politics.