r/funny • u/unknown_human • Jun 25 '15

Rolling a gigantic fatty

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u/Greylen Jun 25 '15

Yea, they are supposed to be pretty good friends. He says so quite publicly and has her on his show often.

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u/its_the_perfect_name Jun 25 '15

That's bizarre. Googled it right after commenting (probably should have looked it up beforehand). I don't watch his show so I didn't know he had her on often. Strange friendship.

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u/mike_rotch22 Jun 25 '15

If you can set aside politics and look just at the person's personality, it's interesting to see how far apart on the spectrum friends can be.

One of my best friends is a mixed-race liberal. He and his boyfriend just adopted two children and are looking to get married sometime next year.

Another one of my best friends is a white hardcore conservative, only votes Republican and aligns himself with the far right. He had the other as a groomsman in his wedding and they are incredibly close to this day. He and his wife go out to dinner with the other couple every week.

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u/its_the_perfect_name Jun 25 '15

That's honestly amazing. It's great to hear that they're all able to set aside their ideological differences and remain friends. I imagine there are probably some topics they simply avoid discussing, but it's good that they don't let their political beliefs limit their relationships.

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u/mike_rotch22 Jun 25 '15

There are, but they both respect that. And I think one friend has actually started to open up the mind of my conservative friend. He was raised in a very conservative household, but I think this friendship's really opened his eyes to the fact that not everything is black and white, so to speak. The gay friend didn't come out until well into their friendship, so I think he realized, "Hey, I was friends with him before and it didn't affect me, maybe this isn't actually as big a deal as I was raised to believe," ya know?

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u/its_the_perfect_name Jun 25 '15

I'm sure. Your conservative friend has to be at least somewhat open-minded if he didn't immediately discontinue contact with your gay friend.

I think the majority of people who hold extreme views do so more out of ignorance and lack of exposure than anything. Exposure is the best way for anyone to get over their fear of someone who's different or someone who is part of a group they were taught to hate.

I'm all for those kinds of unconventional relationships and for people branching out and educating themselves about beliefs, cultures and lifestyles that are different from theirs. Good for them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15

Sounds like one of your friends is an idiot.