http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/tech/social-media/facebook-politics-friends/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5

I’ll have to admit that Facebook is testing my friendships.

As the CNN link here tells, politics is getting in the way of friendships. Apparently millions of folks have “unfriended” people over their political views. I hope it doesn’t come to that for me.

I’ve been on a political rampage lately with this blog. These posts go directly to Facebook, where they are shared with my Facebook friends, many of whom don’t share my own center-left leanings; indeed, some of those very friends might accuse me of being a commie. In return, I’ve endured some of their own rants.

I don’t intend to disavow my association with them over politics. The way I look at it, we all love our country equally. We just disagree on some of the finer points of how we should govern this great nation.

Is that worth losing a friendship? Hardly, except of course if you take yourself too seriously.

And yes, I do know some of those folks too.

Chill out, friends. It’s only politics.