Not gauche at all!
I have a dear friend from HS, we met in 1974, and while we do not see each other often, we can pick up the phone and pick up where we last left off. We have always avoided politics on the phone or in person as we’re polar opposites. Not quite so easy on face book. My husband has asked me not to provoke her by commenting on her political posts - to which I agreed. However, he also has come to realize it is not fair to me to stick with that agreement when she insists on commenting on my political posts.
We haven’t spoken in a while, except about food on FB, because of my insinuation she was a hypocrite for claiming to being a devout Catholic while at the same time disagreeing with some of fundamentals of the Church teachings.
We do not discuss politics EVER but recently I included her in a anti liberal e-mail by accident. I got a blast from her OR her husband accusing me of forwarding false information. It was NOT false but to someone who gets their news from the NYT (yes in Mexico) it was not what they have been told.
I don't like to be preached to by a liberal NYT reader so I have a feeling that from now on I am busy when ever she/they comes to town.