"I'm a half-Asian that grew up in a solid red area and I never thought about race until high school so idk what the director of Elemental is talking about" Silence
"Max Landis seems like a jerk but the accusations against him don't meet the definition of rape" This resulted in a girl getting extremely pissed off so I had to make peace for 15 minutes
"Hunter Biden is obviously laundering money through the painting hobby he started last week" Tepid agreement
"Male and female characters obviously behave differently and you can't just swap them into each other's stories" "Hahaaa I don't know, I just like this character doing her thing"
"Obviously cancel culture exist, we wouldn't be able to have any frank conversations if they were publicized to millions of people" "Yeah fair point" Silence
"If that female pastor is ordained, that's illegal according to church rules" Crossed arms staring at the ceiling
Before a few years ago, I've never had the problem of being too obviously right in political discussions. That's because I used to cling to dumb ideas myself, like the Iraq invasion, but at least I had a little wriggle room (democracy is a good thing for the Middle East! just give it time!). There are too many positions on the left today that are indefensible if you're not a psychopath. I guess I'm thankful my lib friends are still genuine friends and retain a shred of integrity.
Get new friends NOW. This is stage 1 of them ostracizing you from the group. You will be ejected when you inevitably step on a social policy landmine, of which there are many.
Say something completely innocent AND FACTUALLY CORRECT like, "George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose and the autopsy showed no sign of strangulation" and they will lose their fucking minds like the aliens from They Live.
George Floyd is definitely close to the ultimate taboo. That's just one step removed from giving them a primer on Jared Taylor. Defcon 1 is calling out the Hebrews.
I'd generally agree with you, but the good thing is that these friendships were made when the blue side wasn't full of pod people. We like talking about art and there's still a sense that relationships are more important than random life BS, including politics. Can't say the same for a lot of people I knew 10 years ago... just these ones.