I'm really disturbed, feeling abandoned really, due to political differences from lifelong friends who are upset about the election. I just have to let them (him, in particular) go, I guess. I've sent a few friendly emails to which I get either no or brief replies. I'm sad about it, but the man is militant in his views. When we were in college, we sat at a restaurant next to a glass skyscraper, and he told me how he could build a bomb that would shatter the whole building. I just observed, of course, not approvingly. I guess this kind of radicalism has carried on in one form or another thru his whole life, and now, with this election, he abandons anyone who doesn't agree with him. We've been friends all these years, even visiting together from time to time, and this dates back from the Vietnam era. I'm just sad to lose a friend. Any thoughts?