I doubt if any democrats are really afraid to talk politics, because they have the backing of the schools, the churches, the newspapers, the networks, big tech, essentially every power center in the country. Only moderate democrats (if they still exist) are afraid to speak out. The same for Independents, if they lean democrat they’ll feel comfortable speaking out, if they lean repubiican, not so much.
Perhaps you want to eat out? Any number of incidents, almost all LEFT attacking (can’t think of one that goes the other way!) Open air eating just gives the attackers more room to spit!
Before I talk politics I want the other person patted down for weapons.
Because it has never been as polarizing an issue as it is now. This is the result of more than 20 years of the two sides getting further and further apart.
I avoid politics on the job because it’s not why I’m there. Same with religion in general. In that sense, I also don’t want to come to work only to be bombarded with someone’s liberal or atheist dogmas.
I have a nice 3x5 foot flag on the house with a solar light that illuminates it at night. It’s beautiful! Honestly I have thought at times of taking it down because I have a decent car that I leave in the driveway. Neighbor across the street feels the same. I notice most of the flags in the neighborhood are little 6 inch flags at the end of their sidewalks.
My best friend is a flaming liberal. We’ve known each other since age 5. Went to school together, college together. We have an unspoken rule to not talk politics. We’ve lasted longer than girlfriends and wives. We have a lot of common shared history. We have shared mutual interests and hobbies. He’s a very good person who has helped me out when I really needed help. We just don’t talk politics and it works for us.
I really don’t care about offending someone, the truth is the truth sometimes. I’m worried about the violent and vengeful types that tend to make up the radical left.
Because everyone knows Orange Man Bad and anyone who disagrees is a dangerous Nazi KKK fascist.
Because most OF US have a job and will lose it if we come out of the closet and reveal that we think the right way.
Because they don’t want their homes burned to the ground.
This all began in High Tech back around ‘98-02.
Suddenly Conservatives were getting surprises during review cycles, the general feeling they were being forced out.
After sharing notes, we discovered it was only White Americans and political Conservatives who were getting hit.
We all decided the safest thing was to stop talking politics.
It was so bad that after the 911 attacks, messages came from Executive Staff that non-Americans should stop talking politics and let Americans deal with the loss.
Up until then, non-Americans could bash America all day long but we were attacked if we tried to defend our opinions.
The worst was when HP and Carly Forina demanded fired Americans either spend 6 months training their replacements or they would be terminated immediately.
This was happening at Intel, Cisco, HP, Microsoft (but not at Apple) and just every other major Silicon Valley company.
Yes, people are afraid to say what they think in public. But they are not afraid to vote what they think in the privacy of the voting booth.
And that is very bad news for the democrats, because I think that 62% will vote Trump.
And why is that?
Because I am an G-d-fearing, America-loving, heterosexual, pro-life, pro-family, law and order-loving, Normal human being.
And THAT apparently nowadays, is a bad thing.
The leftists are probably/certainly stupid enough to think this is a sign of weakness, and that they are "winning". Meanwhile, the right is keeping its powder dry and waiting to see the whites beige of their eyes.
Got a lot of thumbs up, and several ugly looks.
I live in a Trump friendly county, 62.5%-35% Trump vs hildabutchbitch in 2016, not bad for a county that 20 years ago was 3-1 demonRAT over pubbies.
There are hundreds of Trump 2020, signs, posters, flags and a few houses and barns completely covered with Trump stuff.
I travel locally, and have seen a single biden sign, on RT 31 near the village of Manns Choice {I think that is Bedford County}.
My county, Westmoreland, will increase both the number and the % for Trump in 2020.
I have been canvassing for Trump, {I did it in 2016} and there is much more Trump enthusiasm in the homes that I have visited this cycle.
Right wingers know left wingers cannot “discuss” politics, cannot tolerate disagreement and will likely go psycho; liberalism reflects a mental disorder, after all.
Left wingers will not, can not risk hearing truth and logic. It causes them confusion, discomfort and cognitive dissonance.
We talk politics here at work we get fired. Dosent matter if you are left or right.
I worked at one place that prevented the wearing of political tee shirts. If you wore one to work you had to take it off, and they would give you a company tee.
I got about a dozen new tee shirts before they caught on.
Because when tenured professors and teachers in unions get fired for wrong think, everyone else’s jobs are in danger, too.