They are not your friends. They are acquaintenances.
True friends are honest and respectful of your views. They value you as a person and even though we all have unique experiences and beliefs, real friends don’t dismiss your opinions. They make an honest and respectful effort to understand them because they have a genuine affection for you.
I worked around tons of liberals. They are for the most part immature backstabbers. (Interestingly, most also craved money and material things.) I harbored no illusions about them and quite frankly had no interest in them as “friends”.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist “piling on”. But its important to make a distinction between real friends and casual acquaintenances who probably don’t give a whit about you.
One of the guys who fits this class of friends for me, (He is now deceased) was a huge supporter of Cindy Sheehan. I was going to get into an argument with him and I thought better of it and suggested we instead just find another topic. This turns out to be the smartest move I ever made. He was like a Grandfater to my youngest daughter and a huge aid when she was in real trouble.. and I didn’t know where to turn. And, when I needed to borrow a truck to carry flags to a Patriot Guard function, he handed over his keys without a blink.
This game of burning off friendships because of politics.. not smart.. not smart at all. I never changed his mind or vote but we found much in common outside of this and I don’t regret it at all.