well, some of my friends got nasty on me without politics, so... - A.T.

had a similar confrontation the other day with someone very close to me. surprised the hell out of me. i'm very passionate about politics, but i don't take it at all personally. this other person did. it's a valuable lesson to relearn from time to time. - eric mortensen

I'm not picking you you Candace, it's just the top of the iceberg. I think it's important to talk about it. Who better than friends? Is it so bad that we get passionate about our elected officials - about what we think our country should look like. Are we so fragile now? It's uncomfortable but ... that's good I think - AJ Kohn

AJ, being passionate about things with friends is fine. Having a good discussion where my friends or I get loud is not uncommon. Most of us are artsy-fartsy types or dorks..and we know we're rather outspoken. However, getting downright nasty with someone is not acceptable no matter who you are...especially not if you are a friend. - Candace Holly

Candace: Well, yes, being nasty shouldn't be the norm. But I think the media has done a lot to create that when talking about this issues. Depends on the friend I guess. Talk them down from the ledge if you can. We need real conversations. - AJ Kohn

I hung up and said they can talk to me when they're going to be civil. I don't have time to waste on someone being nasty. Especially not a friend of mine. They know better than to do that with me. I'm all for having good conversations...that's why I have my friends around. But if you're going to be nasty, I'm not messing with you. - Candace Holly

You did the right thing! And hopefully they call back when they can be civil. Just please don't let it stop you from having political conversations. That's all :) - AJ Kohn

Wife and I were talking about the friends we staying over the weekend. We started talking about the presidential candidates and my friend's wife (who is a friend of my wife) was getting "nasty" and kept making condescending faces as if what my wife was saying was BS. Respect goes both ways in all conversations. - Adam Helweh

@Adam - exactly. Another friend of mine and I do not see eye to eye on politics at *all*. We sat and had a 20 minute conversation about politics. Not once did we get heated or rude with each other. We even found points to agree on. That's a good conversation right there. - Candace Holly

Religion and Politics are fine just some people happen to turn into total @$$'$ when trying to make their point. It has also occurred to me that even if you have the desire to try to care about what the future leaders of the world will say they are still almost mind numbingly boring... - Cecil Sandus

This isn't unique to politics. Clearly you've never seen a Yankees fan and a Red Sox fan in the same room together, it ain't pretty. And come to think of it, I've had people get downright nasty with me for suggesting the iPhone isn't all that. - Eric P

Oh yeah good point got bunch of family that are Red Sox fans and they ARE crazy (Alight sports and politics can get riotous depending on the people) - Cecil Sandus