Three of us have been best friends since college and we used to challenge each other's thinking all the time, but now when political topics come up we all just go quiet or change the subject because we're afraid of discovering we've grown into people who can't actually handle disagreement anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
A friendship that once thrived on intellectual honesty has become fragile, protected by avoidance rather than strengthened by authentic engagement.
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