Yes but they have to be tolerant of opinions. I have quite a few friends that have a fair amount of disagreements with me on certain topics. We just debate them properly recognize eachothers opinions and go on with life.

Not mentioning them will be a incomplete friendship.

As a matter of fact, some of my closest friends have very different views from me. We just don't discuss our views, and we get along just fine.

It depends on the topic and how much it affects you. For example, I'm pro-choice, but I have friends and family who are pro-life. It also depends on how they act: I'm gay and I have a couple of friends who are religious and thus don't really 'agree' with homosexuality, but respect it, even when our lesbian friends are displaying public affection. Sure, they slip up sometimes (one of them used the term "homosexualim" once), but all in all we get along quite well. I'm still closer to friends who fully understand me,though, but I believe that's also rooted on personality compability and balance.

Yes but I don't think it takes work per say, just an open mind. I've had so many experiences in which I got along with people of different view points. Tolerance and respectfulness are the keys.

I think there are people who are capable of it and people who aren't and I'd like it to be a majority but I don't know if I see it that way. I certainly try myself to get people to see things in a more tolerant fashion but being met with so much resistance makes me believe that some people will just always refuse to get along with those who have opposing views.

Not with SJW's ruling society as they do now. It's still possible, I haven't completely given up hope because some people can still be decent.

Yes, and it doesn't take any work, just be a decent human being. Hell, I even have friends who are voting for Trump. Live and let live, bro.

^ Same I know so many perfectly nice Trump supporters. As you said all it takes is being a decent and tolerant human being. It's like hold your own opinions people and stop judging people so harshly for theirs.

^ If we're just holding our own opinions the whole time, won't we just be co-existing rather than getting along?

I think co-existing is better than fighting. But that aside by 'hold your own opinions' I don't mean that one should close their mind off to other opinions so much as acknowledge that you have an opinion but so does the guy over; if things get too heated agree to disagree instead of forming an opinion like 'kill all men'.

I function on the philosophy that everyone with a strong opinion came to that opinion in some way, shape, or form. And I listen, to better inform my opinion of them. If I can understand why they believe something, it's easier for me to accept it if it's vastly different from me.

One of my closest friends is a conservative Catholic, and I identify as a bisexual agnostic. She believes that being LGBT is not a sin, but that acting on it is. She is a hard line pro-lifer, and by her own admission does not fully understand transgender people (although she wants to learn).

She's one of my favorite people in the world, because even though we disagree, she strives to be respectful and tolerant of EVERYONE. Even me. And she's never once made me feel uncomfortable for being who I am and believing what I do, or criticized my "lifestyle." And I've never lectured her about LGBT rights or abortion.

We HAVE, on the other hand, discussed BOTH of these issues on equal footing. I 100% respect her view on abortion, because I understand it. I even respect her view on LGBT, because it's personal for her, and she doesn't judge other people for disagreeing. So that's a two-way street.

And she wants to be respectful of others and honor diversity. She's an educator, like me, and the other day she reached out to me for advice on how to treat a student who is identifying as transgender. She didn't understand or agree with this student identifying this way, but she wanted to be respectful and show that she still loved and cared about the student, no matter what.

Yes, she's very conservative. She has views that many liberals might want to lecture out of her, but not me. Because I know why she holds them, I know they are important to her faith, which is tied to her culture, and her family, and are deeply ingrained. And when I understood that, it was a whole lot easier to embrace it and be friends.

Seek to understand before being understood, and you'll make a whole world of friends.

^^ I agree with you that co-existing is better than fighting but I also think that sometimes a bit of fighting is unfortunately necessary to grow and progress. Families, friendships and romantic relationships are my best example. People fight but they grow stronger by working through their differences, whereas sweeping them under the rug often leads to worse problems later. It's kind of like a cancer that grows unattended to, it just gets worse the longer you reject looking at it, if that makes sense? I don't think we should physically fight, but I think fighting in terms of debating and differing opinions is necessary for us to understand each other better and open our minds.

"if things get too heated agree to disagree instead of forming an opinion like 'kill all men'." Of course! I agree with you, as usual, and am just offering another perspective to it if it gets taken too far the other way of not giving the differing opinions anymore. I don't want to see people getting silenced, which is too often what I see happening. Then no progress can be made.

That being said, I am probably biased here because I personally tend to have a lot of respect for those who are willing to question me and help me grow. Even if I still think they are wrong in the end, they often help me look into details that I didn't look into before or see new perspectives. I guess part of it is that I don't want to see an era where people can't be friends with those with opposing views or share them because then they won't be able to be friends anymore. This is just my feelings but I feel like that's not really living and not really having a deep friendship. (Kind of like being neutered in a way, if that's not too extreme a reference - meant to be more symbolic.)

^"If I can understand why they believe something, it's easier for me to accept it if it's vastly different from me." I love this and agree 100%!

That's great that you are able to have a close friendship with someone so vastly different than you and a great example to share.

I just think "criticize" is too negatively used, to the point where we can't even say "constructive criticism" anymore. I think it's perfectly okay for friends to criticize or discuss as long as it is constructive and respectful. It doesn't have to be constructive or respectful, they can co-exist.

Well, not everyone can... and, not everyone does. Maybe some people, but likely not many.