It is also perhaps useful to distinguish between “talk about politics in unfocused gatherings with large undifferentiated groups of people,” “talk about politics in focused gatherings with selected groups of people,” and “take steps to affect policy.” It might turn out that there are good reasons to avoid politics in the first case while not avoiding it all in the latter two.
It is also perhaps useful to distinguish between “talk about politics in unfocused gatherings with large undifferentiated groups of people,” “talk about politics in focused gatherings with selected groups of people,” and “take steps to affect policy.” It might turn out that there are good reasons to avoid politics in the first case while not avoiding it all in the latter two.