While there have been intense personal examples of friends falling out on social media, a survey of protesters released this month from The Asia Foundation reveals a surprisingly high level of tolerance.
The "Profile of the Protesters" report showed 83% of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) supporters would accept friends of a different political persuasion, as would 80% of those supporting Mr Suthep's PDRC.
The anti-government protesters were more likely than the UDD red shirts to end a friendship over politics, 15% to 9%, but the report concluded there was "no significant difference" between the two.