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Kennedy and Reagan
:I think a lot of young Republicans are afraid of being ostracized by fellow classmates and professors if they are open about their political opinions, since most people regard the majority of college students and professors as being liberal.
In contrast, there are many instances of [[conservatives]] not requiring acceptance of [[conservative]] principles as a condition of friendship. For example, [[Ronald Reagan]] had many close personal friends who were liberals, and dozens of political ones, like Speaker [[Tip O'NeilNeill]] and Senator [[Ted Kennedy]]. These liberals were friends with Regan Reagan although they knew he was a conservative. On the other hand, there have also been a few cases of [[liberals]] not requiring acceptance of [[liberal]] principles as a condition of friendship. For example, [[Tip O'Neill]] and Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] were both friends of [[Ronald Reagan]]. Reagan was friends with these liberals although he knew they were liberals.
Besides the loss of a friendship if you display disapproval of the liberal [[belief]] system, if a liberal knows you are a well known [[conservative]], they may wish you bad luck. However, if you change by discounting your past conservative relationships / principles, they would embrace and reward you with '''liberal friendship'''. e.g. Press Secretary Scott McClellan of the Bush administration was hated by liberals just for working in the administration. After leaving his position and writing a book publicly criticizing President Bush, the typical left leaning media sources actually defended him.<ref>http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/29/mcclellan_publisher/ , Salon.com In Defese Of Scott McClellan, May 29, 2008</ref>
