Why I Choose to Stay Away From Political Discussions Without Avoiding People
There was a time when a political disagreement felt like a personal betrayal. A heated discussion about a policy or a candidate could easily escalate into a fallout, leaving friendships fractured and family gatherings awkwardly silent. I told myself I was taking a stand, holding onto my principles. But over time, I began to ask myself: Was I really standing for something—or was I shutting out the very people I should be trying to understand? The realization didn’t come all at once. It began as a quiet discomfort, a nagging question: How do we ever hope to change the world if we can’t even talk to each other? The Bubble We Build Social media makes it deceptively easy to curate our circles. A single click can “cleanse” your feed of dissenting opinions. Algorithms reward this; they create echo chambers that reinforce our views and paint those who disagree as not just wrong, but morally inferior. I was complicit in this. My digital bubble was pristine, but it was also suffocatin...