I haven’t lost friends, but it’s actually affected dating. I don’t bring up politics, but the girls seem to ask, and I have no problem telling them where I stand. Great way to weed out the nuts, but sometimes disappointing at the same time.
As an aside, I’ve noticed political content conspicuously missing from LinkedIn. I bet they’ve recognized political disagreement could be disastrous to the goal of their site, which is to build professional networks.
Over the past year I've received several invitations to LinkedIn from people I know. Before clicking anything I checked with them. Each had not sent the invitation.
As a real estate agent I keep my politics out of any discussions with potential clients. But if they bring it up, I'll ask if it really matters. If it does, they'll get the truth.
Liberal issues certainly aren't missing from LinkedIn. There is an overwhelming number of articles favoring diversity, environmentalism, and social welfare - all presented in neutral language to make them sound like they are just the normal, every day opinions of random business executives.
I’m so behind in catching up here, but after seeing your post I wanted to comment. It has effected my dating as well, it’s almost gotten to the point of being comical!
Meet a man for coffee, the topic of barry comes up and as I calmly state my inherent distrust of ALL things barry, the date is over. Saves me a ton of time, so it’s all good :)