Its really hard somedays living with people you can't express your views with without walking on eggshells. Mini rant.

These are people I've been friends with for years. They're great people and they mean so much to me.

I would say politically I am mostly a centrist. I agree with some of what Trump wants to do, but I also still believe that consenting adults should be able to be with whoever they want, and do whatever they want to their bodies as long as they don't force nonconsenting parties to be involved among other things.

My roommates are leftist through and through. I've never been one to let opposing beliefs prevent me from being friends with people, and my friends have assured me time and time again that they love and care about me and never want to lose our friendship, but hearing the way they talk about things makes me worry that one wrong political misstep might make them take all that back.

They know I am more republican leaning, and that I'm also not 100% behind Trump. (I didn't vote in the last election because frankly I didn't care for either candidate and I wasn't about to put my name in support of either.)

With the new developments with musk and the executive orders they have been in full panic and doomsday mode. One fully believes that he isn't going to live to see next year because of it. I warned them that they need to take what they see and hear online with a grain of salt because the internet is amazing at blowing things out of proportion and stirring up fear in the absolute worst game of telephone. It was then they alluded that I was defending them and potentially a nazi sympathizer.

I dont think im going to fully lose them as friends over this, I know he is scared and believing all the videos he is seeing, but I'm so scared that I'm going to say the wrong thing at the wrong time and have them blow up on me. And I know this isn't normal for them, we have had civil right vs left discussions before. I just wish I could calm them down from thinking they're gonna die during these next 4 years without worrying about getting shit for it. Im sure it'll pass in a few days once they've had time to let it settle, its how it was in November when Trump originally won, but it just sucks in the mean time.

Im not going to stop being their friend because of any of this (so please don't suggest i do), of course there isn't anything I could do of they chose to not be friends with me after, I'm just so tired of the defeatist, doomsday mindset and I can't help put things into perspective without being seen as "defending nazis."

Edit: we have made peace for now. My friend came to me and he apologized for how he acted when he now realizes I wasn't defending, just trying to make sure the whole picture was seen so to not make snap decisions about things without all the involved information. He said that he will trying to remember and take that into account next time he is panicking about current events and apologized in advance if it ever happens again.