If your interaction involves only the non-political business at hand, yes. But those scenarios are increasingly few and far between, thanks to government inroads into every corner of our lives.
Yup. In communist countries, citizens wind up having to spy on and report each other for deviations from the party line...
I tend to avoid Progressives in general. Family members that are Progressive Democrats don’t see me very much - I try to avoid contact. I don’t hid my Tea Party support and involvement.