I'm in MA, too. Sad thing is that I like it, or at least I did until all diversity of thought got overrun by our dipshit overlords in academia and tech around here. Anyway, I try not to talk about politics with people. It's not productive, and I think virtually everyone's opinion (other than my own) is stupid. The problem now is that everything has been made political. I can't get on a fucking zoom call at work without hearing a bunch of handwringing at the start of every meeting about how shameful the Jan 6 protests were, my company (which has zero moral high ground on any issue having to do with anything whatsoever) is issuing statements on the protests, my friends are grilling me about why I'm not more disturbed by what happened, blah blah blah.

This is why I hate the dipshits who insist that politics have to encroach on every single aspect of life. I like my friends because they're nice guys and are fun to drink with - not because I think they have a well thought-out, nuanced position on trade and immigration policy. All that shit just gets in the way of forming positive relationships with people. I guess that's probably a feature and not a bug, though.