User blog comment:Mrdaimion/Serious Sam Issue 1 - Abortion/@comment-1874924-20120208061322/@comment-1956487-20120208220751

Obviously some people are more sensitive than others, but I personally don't really care what other peoples' views are on serious issues like abortion. That sounds rude, but what I'm really saying is that opinions that do not coincide with my own don't affect my opinion of people if I'm already friends with them. A good guy friend of mine expresses discomfort with being around gay guys, but I've been friends with him since I was like, 6. His views are entirely opposite of mine, but I'm not going to drop the friendship simply due to ignorance that stems from his upbringing. I do encourage him to be more open-minded, though.

Also, I'm not a writer, so I can't really respond to the third paragraph with any kind of personal anecdote. However, if I was a writer, it'd be more important to me that I was being true to myself and expressing myself exactly the way I want to, regardless of the feelings of others. Popularity is cool and all, but genuine self-expression is a lot cooler.