What do you do when?....

your best, most darling beautiful friend of 30 years starts posting poiticall "propaganda" stories on your e-mail, which are very contrary to your own ideologies? Do you totally ignore, and carry on the super great friendship and not bring up this subject at all (my inclination), or do you snap back "Don't offend me, darling? It's getting to be a bit much?" I have politely told her some months ago that politically we are are opposite ends of the spectrum and perhaps we should never discuss this topic. Seemed good at the time...now, whenever some BIG story is in the news, the e-mails start again. I just delete them w/o reading. Her religiousity serves her well 99% of the time in that she's an ultra caring, sweet, giving, helpful, A1 moralistic person w/integrity, education, etc. It just this *thing*.

I like the 'don't read, just delete' approach.

1) Hit reply all. 2) Tell her what you think. 3) Cross her off the Christmas card list.

My mom had this problem when she went to her ??th (I won't tell, mom!) high school reunion and reconnected with an old friend, who started forwarding her a lot of religious right crap. She simply told her that she would enjoy continuing to correspond with her but that she would prefer to be off her distribution list. And the friend complied.

This is why I dont have friends with differeny political viewpoints than me.

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I'd probably just delete it without opening, but I don't see the harm in politely asking her to take you off her list, like Calvin's mom did.

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