Can two people that have completely and utterly different political views be best friends? In the Ted Talk by Caitlin Quattromani and Lauren Arledge, titled “How Our Friendship Survives Our Opposing Politics”, gives us pointers on how you really can be great friends with someone who you don’t agree with on a big level, such as politics. They argue against our society’s view on politics now by saying that if people are willing to listen to the other side and put aside their views enough to care about the person more than their political status, they would be able to create a great friendship that is built on respect and a sense of understanding of each party. (who says this) states in their talk “Our friendship is more important than
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They did however, assume that everyone in the audience had someone in their life that had a different political side then them, or that it had caused problems in their relationships. They said that a different view can cause tension and hurt feelings between people because we feel that we must win the argument, or be the one that’s right all the time. Caitlin and Lauren explained both of their views, and even gave some examples about how their different beliefs could have caused an awkward situation or hurt if they had not talked to each other about why they believe what they do. One example that stuck out, was when Lauren went to the Woman’s March, in (date). She posted pictures from the March on facebook, which showed her and her boys. When Caitlin saw that, she told how she was frustrated and disgusted that Lauren had brought her boys to something she didn’t think they had any idea what it was about or that they had the made the choice to come. Caitlin explained how her first reaction was to think ill of Lauren. She explained how she could have been furious and never said anything to Lauren, and just secretly been harboring frustration for her. But instead, Caitlin remembered that Lauren was a great mom, and would never do anything to hurt her boys. She addressed Lauren
They did however, assume that everyone in the audience had someone in their life that had a different political side then them, or that it had caused problems in their relationships. They said that a different view can cause tension and hurt feelings between people because we feel that we must win the argument, or be the one that’s right all the time. Caitlin and Lauren explained both of their views, and even gave some examples about how their different beliefs could have caused an awkward situation or hurt if they had not talked to each other about why they believe what they do. One example that stuck out, was when Lauren went to the Woman’s March, in (date). She posted pictures from the March on facebook, which showed her and her boys. When Caitlin saw that, she told how she was frustrated and disgusted that Lauren had brought her boys to something she didn’t think they had any idea what it was about or that they had the made the choice to come. Caitlin explained how her first reaction was to think ill of Lauren. She explained how she could have been furious and never said anything to Lauren, and just secretly been harboring frustration for her. But instead, Caitlin remembered that Lauren was a great mom, and would never do anything to hurt her boys. She addressed Lauren