The best way to find out who your true friends are is to become vocal with your views. Your real friends will stick by you and accept you no matter what. People who you thought were your friends will soon treat you much differently.
The hard thing is seeing that "lifelong friends" never really knew you the way you thought they did. After all, how well do friends know each other if they don't know your views on issues and news? Sure, mom always said that you shouldn't talk religion and politics but that's more for strangers. Close friends, like a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship should be able to talk about basically anything. If someone you know is suddenly shocked and appalled that you are pro-life/pro-choice or whatever and stops talking to you-you've learned the hard way what friendship is all about.
The fun thing though, is learning who your real friends are. Your real friends like you no matter what your views are. While that's very much a cliche and it's just words, there is a lot of truth to it. It helps you weed out those who don't care for you so you can focus on those that do.
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