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Unswtnd + Unfltrd

UNFLTRD THOUGHTS: Sorry, But We Can’t Be Friends Anymore

Unswtnd + Unfltrd

Unswtnd+Unfltrd

Relationships, Depression, Society & Culture, Women, Health & Fitness, Self Care, Islam, Mental Illness, Politics, Sisterhood. Life Coach, Faith, Anxiety, Divorce, Mental Health, Relationship Advice, Religion & Spirituality, Marriage, Muslim Women, Muslim, Taboo

4.9685 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s “Unfltrd Thoughts", we talk about how to handle finding out your friend’s true colors.Our differences make us who we are and when it comes to our friend groups it’s those differences that lead to intriguing conversations and learning more about the other.But what if those differences go against or negate your own life's values?We’re not talking about rooting for an opposing sports team here, but what if, for instance, you find out your friend supports Trump?We share our thought...

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0:00.0

Whether it's politics, religious views, cultural norms, I think we all have different views,

0:11.8

but what do we do if we generally can't respect our friend's choice on something?

0:16.4

Like what if they're a Trump supporter?

0:18.1

Yes, what if it's something that may be a deal breaker for us, something that can, you know,

0:22.5

make you secretly judge them or change your mind about them.

0:25.1

I feel like more oftentimes than not, we kind of come across people like that, especially

0:28.7

friends, since we're always meeting friends on social media, it's so easy these days,

0:32.4

and we connect with them and we relate with them on so many different things.

0:36.0

But then they tell you, I'm just using this as an example.

0:38.7

Let's just use this as an example for this unfiltered thoughts.

0:41.5

What if they actually support Trump?

0:43.7

How do you feel about that?

0:45.2

I think when you realize a friend or a lover

0:46.9

and has different viewpoints than you,

0:48.7

you have to kind of step back and ask yourself,

0:51.0

how much do I care about this specific topic?

0:54.2

You know what I mean?

0:54.6

If it's something as simple as like what sports team you're rooting for, who cares?

0:58.9

You know what I mean?

0:59.6

But when it comes to basic human rights issues, I think that's when you have to take action.

1:04.2

I feel like I always try to understand like someone's perspective first before knocking them down or like assuming the worst about them.

1:09.9

Because I feel like when you really think about it everybody was brought up differently everybody comes from a different

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