My friends are making me feel guilty for ghosting a racist person. (I am sorry, please take the post down if I didn't follow the guidelines!!)
TW: So first of all, yes, this post contains references to someone being racist, (but not me being offensive) I am not sure if it is allowed to be on this subreddit or not, but I really need advice, cause I feel like I am going crazy!!)
I think this is my first post? I seriously can't stop thinking about one of my old friends who is honestly? Very racist and sexist. He has admitted to being racist, but also "not racist." Anyways, to make a long story short, I saw him repost several racist things. ALL of his reposts are either racist, sexist or talking about how "r*t*rted" "woke people" are. Most of it being very bad dark humor, but there were other videos. SERIOUS videos, about wanting to DEPORT all black people because of "the way they vote" and "low IQ's." He wants to deport everyone that is not white. There were also videos being like "I am not racist. I don't hate people because of skin color, I hate them because of their culture." (Also white supremacy stuff along the lines of "Whites are the superior race because of how pure we are." "No one knows what WE have been through." But in reality, it is just an ai voice over with old people in the comments.) and apparently he agrees with that stuff..? And genuinely, none of my friends care. I have mentioned he is racist and weird. They really don't care and they want me to hang out with him again. They said it is not fair that I am not talking to him anymore. I just don't talk to him cause he makes me uncomfortable. I have not confronted him at all or have been rude to him. I just have not talked to him in months, and they keep wanting me to hang out with him. I keep having to justify myself that what I am doing is the right thing to do. I feel guilty because I literally told him: "I don't care what people's opinions are." Since I have always been chill like that. I didn't mean it like this though. I meant I don't care who people vote for and things like that. But if it's hurting other people? Calling them dumb for wanting different things or being a different race? That is just absolutely insane. Anyways, I just keep thinking about him since he was a good friend. My other friends constantly back him up and say everything he does is for jokes, but it isn't. They just make me feel dumb. He has done a lot of things to me that just make me feel bad besides what he reposts. Anyways, how do I stop thinking about him, and how can I stop feeling so guilty for not wanting to be his friend?