I'm friends with someone in the local Mini Cooper club that I "chat" with on Facebook, (usually involving long tirades about how to run the world) and compared to him, you're quite liberal. We're friends in Real Life too. We just both know that we have differing opinions on some things. OK, a LOT of things. But we both enjoy Irish Whiskey, Mini Coopers, fountain pens, shooting, reading, so MANY things... the occasional "You're completely insane on this issue" is just a little seasoning.