> If people can't respect you for having a different opinion, they're not adults, and they're certainly not "friends," Facebook or otherwise.

Nah. Not everyone has the luxury that you have, of just throwing away their friends like that, even if it is "their" fault.

Frankly, I personally don't care much about politics at all. It is a hobby of mine. But I don't truly care about it.

Why would I give up a friend, to stand up for ideas that I don't really care much about at all?

For some sort of worthless "principle"? No thanks. Feel free to keep your principles if that's what you care about. I don't really value those, though.