Quote Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
Yeah, some of my best friends are at the opposite end of the political compass to me. But we always have a laugh about are differences when we are talking about politics.

But some of the people on the forum (not just this one) seem to view people with the opposite political opinions as 'enemies' and have their views set in stone. These people can't understand that others have different opinions to them.
and then there are some people who are surprised when one of these people who is on the other side says something they agree with.