I've been separated from a dear friend for a year and a half, now. He's now a full-throated progressive. Not a bad guy in his heart, but he says and does bad things in the world thinking he's saying and doing good things. He's given up reason for emotion. Or his reason is based on bad facts. Probably both. I can't really tell. I'm guessing that what's going on is people's need for fitting in has been hijacked and used against them. Regardless, he says things that aren't in line with my understanding of the world and the way it works. It got to me. I got emotional about it. I lost sleep. I would occasionally get angry and bewildered. How could a reasonable person who I loved and trusted be so divided from me in thinking? How could he say things to me that broke the rules of logic that I thought we shared and that I thought our bond was based on? It's terrible. I want to say that this too shall pass. We're all food for worms, etc. etc. But this feels like I'm looking at the banal face of evil. A friend saying illogical things. Making illogical choices. Being a friend but behaving like an enemy. No real question here, just know if you're going through this with a friend, you're not alone.