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None of my friends are very radically different from me, opinion-wise. I find it hard to get along with a couple types of people--social conservatives and those who grew up in a different economic class than me. The latter makes me feel incredibly guilty at times, but I really do honestly have a hard time communicating with/establishing friendship with those who grew up in tougher economic circumstances than I did. Somehow, resentment always builds and I end up being accused of being spoiled/a snob for whatever reason.
And I just don't socialize with social conservatives. There is a fundamental difference of understanding that just cannot be surmounted. We have a couple of them in my SO's family, and it's one of those things where we just try not to talk politics.
This is not to say that all of my friends have the same exact opinions that I have, and it's fun to find out the differences in between my opinions and theirs. My SO and roommate are both third-party supporters while I am a Democrat. We often have very interesting discussions about the current state of politics in the United States.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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