Transitioning from a funny, engaging story about someone’s cousin’s roommates’ sister’s wedding and the greased pig that got loose at the reception to a similarly engaging point of interest about Aumann’s Agreement Theorem and how it applied to a recent decision to donate to a particular charity.
But if you used the phrase “That’s exactly like”, I think it would sound equally forced. Or at least it would to me.
Given that the topic being considered “impolite” implies that most people won’t like most possible conversations on the topic,
I don’t think it does. People generally love it if you agree with them—it’s impolite because you don’t always agree. Many people are happy to drone on for hours about their political beliefs, which is what makes it impolite. If you can be respectful about politics, I see no reason not to bring it up (if you want to). And if the other person can’t be respectful, then that gives you (in my book, what would be) a significant reason to not pursue a relationship with that person.
But if you used the phrase “That’s exactly like”, I think it would sound equally forced.
At this point I think it’s a matter of empirical testing—meaning, in this case, observing people, since the question is about what people do in the course of normal conversations.
People generally love it if you agree with them—it’s impolite because you don’t always agree.
This is a significant part of why I said “most possible conversations”. I would guess that it’s possible to have a political conversation with most people that they’ll enjoy—but reliably doing so takes more information than you’ll generally have about someone you just met or are in the process of meeting.
But if you used the phrase “That’s exactly like”, I think it would sound equally forced. Or at least it would to me.
I don’t think it does. People generally love it if you agree with them—it’s impolite because you don’t always agree. Many people are happy to drone on for hours about their political beliefs, which is what makes it impolite. If you can be respectful about politics, I see no reason not to bring it up (if you want to). And if the other person can’t be respectful, then that gives you (in my book, what would be) a significant reason to not pursue a relationship with that person.
At this point I think it’s a matter of empirical testing—meaning, in this case, observing people, since the question is about what people do in the course of normal conversations.
This is a significant part of why I said “most possible conversations”. I would guess that it’s possible to have a political conversation with most people that they’ll enjoy—but reliably doing so takes more information than you’ll generally have about someone you just met or are in the process of meeting.