Young Democrats are right: There is no reason to date or befriend Trump voters
Polling shows many young Democrats won't socialize with Republicans — which just shows they have self-respect
By AMANDA MARCOTTE

You have to give it to Axios: They know how to throw out some tasty bait. Their latest is irresistible for conservatives, who love any story that frames them as victims, and gives them the chance to blame the left for "incivility." Never mind obvious counter-examples such as the storming of the Capitol, gun-waving Christmas cards, and the entire person of Donald Trump.

"Young Dems more likely to despise the other party," blares Tuesday's Axios headline, noting in the article that "5% of Republicans said they wouldn't be friends with someone from the opposite party, compared to 37% of Democrats," and "71% of Democrats wouldn't go on a date with someone with opposing views, versus 31% of Republicans."

Unsurprisingly, this delicious bait worked exactly as intended, at least in social media reactions.

On the right, there was a lot of trumpeting how this supposedly proves the left are the ones who are "really" intolerant. Radio talker Matt Murphy whined that liberals "don't believe in our republic cannot abide people who think differently than them." As if not getting to have sex with or go to parties with liberals is exactly the same as having your basic rights as a citizen stripped from you. "This doesn't bode well," complained GOP lawyer and ABC commentator Sarah Isgur, who previously defended the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border as a former spokesperson in the Justice Department.

"My most fascinating friendships have always come from 'the other side,'" MSNBC host Joe Scarborough tweeted, noting that, as a Republican, he "always benefitted" from those conversations. As many people pointed out in response, however, that a Republican like Scarborough gained from friendships with people like "John Lewis, Elijah Cummings, Ron Dellums, and Maxine Waters" doesn't mean the reverse is true. And that is most likely what this polling is picking up.

This is about desirability, not "tolerance." Democrats are desirable as friends and lovers, not just to their fellow party members, but to Republicans, as well. But Republicans? They apparently don't have much to ...

https://www.salon.com/2021/12/08/young- ... -befriend/

On a related note ...

Young Trump staffers say they are having a hard time dating
The world's tiniest violin plays for these foot-servants of authoritarianism
NATALIE PARKER

Politico recently touched down in the millennial hub of Washington D.C. to get a sense of the Trump junior staffers’ social scene. Life as a Trump-supporting 20-something in D.C. seems to boast challenges distinct from the staffers serving less-authoritarian administrations, who did not face the formidable challenges of having a MAGA hat picture in their Tinder profile.

Past administrations brought their own set of woes to the neighborhoods around Capitol Hill, but in the era of Donald Trump, Politico reports that young appointees, lobbyists and staffers working for the president are wading into the murky waters of the by-and-large Democratic-leaning young scene, most of whom are understandably disenchanted by the Trump agenda. In other words, being a Trump staffer in a city in which ...

https://www.salon.com/2018/06/22/young- ... me-dating/

On the right, there was a lot of trumpeting how this supposedly proves the left are the ones who are "really" intolerant. Radio talker Matt Murphy whined that liberals "don't believe in our republic cannot abide people who think differently than them." As if not getting to have sex with or go to parties with liberals is exactly the same as having your basic rights as a citizen stripped from you. "This doesn't bode well," complained GOP lawyer and ABC commentator Sarah Isgur, who previously defended the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border as a former spokesperson in the Justice Department.

that's true. it doesn't bode well. we are kicking your ass out of the gene pool.
or, you can change. whatever you wish. it's a free country.
at least until you take over, that is.

They tried. It didn't go as planned.

Yet

When I read and hear what "conservatives" call anybody who doesn't strictly adhere to whatever their policy du jour is, is it any wonder those on the left don't want to date or befriend them.