Originally Posted by
gimmethesimplelife
Where I live in the 85006 I am very fortunate for one thing that this topic nails down - I enjoy living amongst like minded people. It is pretty much an automatic assumption here that you are going to be anti Trump and vote Democrat. I am aware with the newcomers streaming into the West Side of the 85006 - the Coronado Neighborhood - there are now some Conservatives in the zip code but not over on my side and these people tend to cluster together and keep to themselves. Point being, where I live this is pretty much a non-issue as it's a given you are going to be a Democrat.
Now in the world beyond my neighborhood, I keep my lips zipped on politics, even with people I know to be Liberal. Outside of the 85006 I don't have the home court advantage and something I've noticed, especially amongst younger folks - those who have not been in life positions where they have learned to fear America can get upset over the most mind boggling things - there is no way to know when such people will be triggered or what will indeed trigger them so I avoid discussions regarding sex, religion, and politics and have cut way back down on discussing anything at all regarding my personal life in the workplace since the MeTooMovment.
I see it this way. To talk about such topics outside of the 85006 is to risk working for free in America - meaning loss of any investments or savings or assets via litigation. I'm not willing to take this risk - America overall is not worth it, I learned years ago that this is not truly a free country (so I'm not as put off as many by having to keep the reality to the neighborhood), and working these days for many people is similar to enter a war zone of sorts - why put at risk what you are able to wheel away (savings) from a situation of hostile open warfare? Granted this characterization of the workplace does seem a little over the top even to me until I realize I mean war in psychological terms.
At any rate, I recommend being very careful overall IRL who you choose to discuss politics with. Such discussions can have consequences - consequences that will make you view America never again the same should you suffer them. Rob