[placebo1969]

I'm curious. In this forum, people are obviously very vocal about their political beliefs. With relative anonymity of the Internet, I feel safer to post things here. But what about your daily lives? I work in a career and state that is typically left leaning. I tend to lean more to the right on some things. I usually don't discuss politics at work. I'm not sure if it's because I'm the odd man out or because that's the way I am generally. At work or other places, do you keep your politics to yourself or do you share them with others?

[Millennium]

For me, I suppose it is something of a closet: many of the people I hang out with would want little or nothing to do with me if they knew all of my political beliefs, and not always without good reason. I choose my friends because they're interesting to be around, not because of their politics, but the nation has become so ridiculously polarized that I realize many people can't bring themselves to do that. To liberals, I'm conservative scum; to conservatives, I'm liberal scum. So I keep my politics to myself, not unlike my religion. It's sad that in an age of free expression I find myself unable to express my own beliefs except when my name can't be tied to them. It's why I find the rights to privacy and anonymity so important, though; without them, I wouldn't be able to express my beliefs at all.

[placebo1969]

Millennium--agreed.

Boy this thread went over well.

[RAILhead]

I say what I want at work because our family owns it.