A terrible fallout of this administration.

Most of us probably deal with a wide variety of people, in both our professional and personal lives.

Friends of friends, the neighbor down the street that you just met, contractors, people that you have a casual conversation with in line at the grocery store, the guy at the auto repair shop, etc etc.

I have found myself in several hundred situations over the past few years where I am having a perfectly fine conversation with someone who I just met, and suddenly they drop a phrase or two into the conversation: tree huggers, snowflake, fucking liberals, Mexicans, Muslims, Sharia law, I'm not against LEGAL immigration, Trump's economy is great, Hey! whaddya think about Trump? Doing a great job isn't he? Blah blah blah...you know what I'm getting at here.

So after hearing things like that, I have a decision to make. Do I gently steer the conversation toward another subject? Do I laugh at them? Do I just stare at them? Do I try to reason with them? Do I lose my shit and make them sorry they opened their mouth?

I've done all of the above. The one thing I don't think I've ever done though is ignore their comment entirely. Lately, I've just started saying..."I don't discuss politics, and I especially don't discuss Trump. Change the subject please". I guess this gets my point across without losing my mind on someone.

My point is that I regret having to make this decision. I don't go around blurting out my liberal viewpoints to someone who I just met. I usually don't call Trump supporters fucking assholes and dumb shits, even though I generally think that is what they are. However, if someone starts riding me about Trump, I take glee in doing so. Regardless, this stuff creates a stressful situation.

I don't know why these people feel so emboldened to express their love for Trump, and I especially don't understand why they believe that all others share their view.

I always want to like someone that I meet. I always want to like someone who transacts with me. But if they go too far on the Trump shit, or even if they bring it up at all...I'm out. I'll do my best to avoid them in the future.

Have you ever looked at someone's social media page that you interact with, and find out that they are an insane Trump supporter? I have, and it's the worst. I have no idea why business people do that. Oh wait, yes I do. They're dumb as dirt and can't fathom that this behavior is costing them money.