Two things - I have a pretty good friend from grad school who complained about the same thing. This guy is smart as a whip when it comes to technical stuff but obviously shouldn’t be allowed to carry sharp objects when it comes to politics. He went on and on about how conservative posts showed up on “his wall” (meaning his news feed) and how it took him 30-60 minutes to calm himself down after this occurred. And seriously - in technical matters this guy is super sharp - and loves sports, beer and all the usual guy stuff. Just a clueless liberal when it comes to politics.
Secondly there is this guy and another individual from grad school. The other one is a girl and she’s not as smart as the guy but much more intolerant. She’s very intolerant politically. At least the guy would debate you.
But both of them - are always asking for “recommendations” as to films, restaurants, house painters and the like.
So it occurred to me - that they must think that they are exemplary open-minded people (in their own mind) since they are always asking for “recommendations”. When, in fact, their brains short-circuit when they encounter political ideas they don’t like.
Not that we don’t all know this - but it’s pretty impressive when you see it in your own friends.