Reply #39: My point is, he's dead to you in spirit. No different than in flesh. [View All]

I'm not saying you should convince the guy to change his politics. But don't presume that he's unsalvageable. Even if you can't do it, events might. Paying $5 per gallon of gasoline, or seeing troops round up people for the Hispanic Concentration Camps at gunpoint, might do it.

I just think it's pathetic that you wish to declare this guy an "unperson" on politics alone. It's exactly like the people who were talking "blue state succession" or "fleeing to Europe," as if those were real solutions. (They have this idealistic idea of Europe based on New York Whore Times travel articles, if there were no facists in, say, Italy or Germany.)

By the way, there's no reason why you shouldn't know how to use a gun. I don't own one myself any more, but I would never be so short-sighted to believe that I would never be in a situation where using one was required. "Nunca diga, 'de este agua no bebere'," as they say.