I disagree. I mean sure, it's a good thing (if true) that race is less significant than politics in choosing a partner, but why should we have to pick one?
unless you're part of a very select group of activists, politicians, or wealthy donors, your impact on world issues is pretty much negligible. the political opinions of the average person are much less significant than they might think. but what we can do is have a strong impact on the people who are actually in our lives, and that has very little to do with politics.
if I change my political positions to please a potential partner, that doesn't really change the big picture. if I refuse to date someone because of their political views, I again have not moved the needle at scale, but I have closed the door on a potentially happy partnership.
my parents have had a long and happy marriage despite deep disagreements over political issues. the disagreement is so strong that they had to agree years ago to simply not have those discussions. I guess that's not exactly the model of tolerance, but I am glad they found a way around that. if they hadn't, either my family would have been ripped in half, or I wouldn't have been born at all. and the rest of the world would be the same as it is today.
unless you're part of a very select group of activists, politicians, or wealthy donors, your impact on world issues is pretty much negligible. the political opinions of the average person are much less significant than they might think. but what we can do is have a strong impact on the people who are actually in our lives, and that has very little to do with politics.
if I change my political positions to please a potential partner, that doesn't really change the big picture. if I refuse to date someone because of their political views, I again have not moved the needle at scale, but I have closed the door on a potentially happy partnership.
my parents have had a long and happy marriage despite deep disagreements over political issues. the disagreement is so strong that they had to agree years ago to simply not have those discussions. I guess that's not exactly the model of tolerance, but I am glad they found a way around that. if they hadn't, either my family would have been ripped in half, or I wouldn't have been born at all. and the rest of the world would be the same as it is today.