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I am bisexual and trans, so of course I won't be besties with someone who thinks LGBT people are repugnant. I'm not Muslim but half my family are, so I won't let Islamophobia slide as a minor character flaw. But this also extends to groups I'm not part of - if someone thinks black people are inferior to whites or throws around racial slurs about Mexicans, I wouldn't want to be friends with them either. Your beliefs influence the way you treat people and I don't want to tacitly accept the hosed up beliefs of others. I also have no obligation to be friends with anyone, much less people who view marginalized groups as subhuman. Obviously I wouldn't drop every single person who has racist/sexist/etc. thoughts because nearly everyone does on some level; racism/sexism/etc. is ingrained into society and that inevitably influences us. I will talk things out with friends who say something ignorant. But if someone is deeply bigoted or doesn't attempt to better themselves, I have no interest in being close with them. "Don't be hateful" isn't a high bar to set for friendships.
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