It’s interesting to me. I’m left of centre and married to a man who sits right of right of centre, politically. We pretty much agree what the country should look like but we don’t agree on how we should achieve it. Most likely down to the fact that he grew up in a comfortable MC family and then studied economics under a Thatcherite gvt. I grew up in a Northern WC family in an area which was heavily adversely affected in the Thatcher Years and studied Sociology as a mature student under a Blairite gvt. These things definitely shaped our individual outlooks and it’s easy to see why.
We’ve been married a long time and have held our respective political views since before we got together. Occasionally I am told by others (often on fora, admittedly but also in RL), “Oh, I couldn’t be married to/shag a Tory”, like I’m betraying the cause or he’s some kind of monster. I don’t think he’s EVER been told that it’s immoral to have a relationship with a commie. There is a definite sense of insecurity in some parts of the left and it seeps out in little moments like that.
Sorry, I know I’ve strayed OT.
Sorry, the point of that ramble was to reinforce this CANCEL! idea that you can only mix with those who have the same beliefs as you. The idea that I can be happily married to someone who thinks differently to me is so abhorrent to some people. No. We have these things called ‘discussions’ when we disagree or come across a topic that we have questions about. Crazy, I know.
