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Over the years as I have been part of various friends groups, I& #39;ve come to gather the following observations:
1) You can& #39;t separate politics and worldview from your friendship. Political leanings may not seem a big deal to many, but in India we run on a different tangent (1/n)
1) You can& #39;t separate politics and worldview from your friendship. Political leanings may not seem a big deal to many, but in India we run on a different tangent (1/n)
2) The nature of the humour in the group is important too. You can& #39;t have bigoted humour and pass that on as & #39;normal& #39;/& #39;playful& #39; in any way. This includes jokes on gender, colour, race, caste and religion, among other things. (2/n)
3) It& #39;s mostly in the later teen years when you realise problematic friendships that have been picked up from school/college that are still lingering around as part of your friends circles. In such a case, you can either try to correct your friends& #39; behaviour or walk away. (3/n)
4) With that being said, you do have a moral obligation to make an effort to help such friends to unlearn and realearn certain concepts, like you have. However if you don& #39;t see them respecting such efforts, there& #39;s no point beating around the same bush. (4/n)
5) Don& #39;t make yourself feel guilty about the fact that you& #39;d lose some precious friendships over such & #39;trivial& #39; issues. You rather have 2 friends who share the same belief system about what& #39;s ethical and what& #39;s not, rather than functioning around a large circle of bigots. (5/n)
6) Ultimately, the choice lies in your hands. By functioning a problematic friends group, you either get labelled as the pedantic individual who always wishes to & #39;correct& #39; others, or you& #39;re just whiny and want all the attention to yourself. Scope for reformation is low. (6/n)
Therefore, use your privilege and social capital wisely, even with those you befriend. As much we don& #39;t realise it, such interactions hold a huge impact on we generally turn out as individuals in the larger scheme of things.
Thanks for reading this thread. (n/n)
Thanks for reading this thread. (n/n)
