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SNOWFLAKE

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Would you share your views of Donald Trump over dinner?

The nation’s partisan divisions have deepened and grown more personal in recent years. And no recent president, from his earliest days in office, has evoked such strong feelings – both positive and negative – as Donald Trump.

The intensity of sentiment has made it difficult for many Americans to discuss their opinions of Trump, especially in a social setting where others hold differing views.

How would you feel discussing Trump with a group of people who have opposing views from your own? See how your views compare with the opinions of Americans in a Pew Research Center survey conducted earlier this year.

Put yourself in this scenario:

A friend has invited you to a small dinner with people you have never met before. The conversation is moving along and people at the table begin talking about Trump. You realize that everyone at the table is expressing a view of the president that you don’t agree with. In fact, you hold the opposite view.

Would you share your own opinion of Trump with this group?

Would you share your views of Donald Trump over dinner?

Trump has evoked strong feelings as president – both positive and negative. How would you feel discussing him at a dinner party with a group of people who have opposing views from your own? In this interactive, see how your views compare with those of other Americans.
www.pewresearch.org
 
Nope. I would just leave.
 
I'd have to read the room. If it's possible to have a high-level conversation about republic versus authoritarian government, & from there go to the specifics of Trump's administration - without causing distress nor scaring the horses - a good conversation might be had. Otherwise, I'd probably stay noncommittal, & hope the conversation moved on to other topics.
 
I’d have to read the room but I’d probably express that I don’t share the same view and therefore prefer if we could change the subject. If they did, great. If not, I would leave. No sense in breaking bread with people actively trying to deport me and my family.
 

I prefer to discuss anything but politics at the dinner table.
 
Helix said:
We try to avoid politics at social gatherings.
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Politics is more destructive then anything Mother Nature could ever throw at us.

No family should be ripped to shreds because of it. Why do you think it's 1 of 2 topics that can end up causing a bar brawl?
 
Roadvirus said:
Politics is more destructive then anything Mother Nature could ever throw at us.

No family should be ripped to shreds because of it. Why do you think it's 1 of 2 topics that can end up causing a bar brawl?
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Most of the bar brawls I've seen were caused by people who shouldn't drink. Man, that could be its own thread.
 
I would try not to engage. In fact that situation is going to come up in a few weeks with a small group. There will be 7 of us. I believe it will be 5/2 split of right of center v. Left of center, with a lot of gradation of the right of centers. My hope is there is no political discussion at all as one of the lefties and one of the righties can get extremely emotional and vocal and I want to just enjoy the get together.
 
My father taught my brother and I to respond to any such occasion by politely telling everyone thusly engaged that we were brought up to never allow ourselves to be forced to openly declare our religious or political beliefs.

A friendly invitational dinner is not the time or place to bring up especially those two topics.
 
Id have no problem rubbing their faces in their food and that they voted for a child rapist.
 
We were taught never talk politics, religion or sex. Except when we were asked where were we last night.
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
Bet you don't get a lot of invitations, from that lot.
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I am quite fortunate in that I do not have any maga in my circle(s). Who could be friends with people who view human beings the way they do? And young women? No thanks.
 
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