Is this really the right thing for us to do?
It's really nothing different than high-school "cool kids" doing the drug of liberal self-gratification, isn't it? We're invited to the cool-kid party and asked, "wanna take a hit?"
These aged hippies are simply mouthing the "cool" or "hip" thing (Bash Bush) as their drug of choice.
We have all been in this situation. When it was pot, I just said, truthfully, I don't smoke, but I will have a beer, thanks. When it's Bush, I say I like Bush but I dislike a federal govt that attacks free speech with CFR.
The hosts of the party invited us for our company, so why not give it to them in shining fashion? Don't sink to their level and call Castro names as they call Bush names, just simple things, like, "Yes, well, of course, your house is so beautiful, it'd be a shame to have to surrender it in a raid by Castro's state police if you were to try to criticize the Maximum Leader for Life's policies as we are free to do of Bush here." Something simple like that.
We ARE NEEDED to remind them of how great this country is, first and foremost. And if we politely highlight their hypocrisy in the process, then more the better.
Don't clam up! Smile and keep you powder dry until you can offer a simple counterpoint. These hippies are not stupid, they're just intellectually lazy. Cheers!
Being gracious to the hostess is not wrong. I've done it before. But on a neutral ground I'll debate anyone until the cow comes home.
Liberals won't do that. Leftists will but they tire after you let them blow out their (endless) propaganda.
Either way, you get to say your piece.