It's so odd as I thought I had commented on this post. I think I must have read it and had a good think and somehow in my head, I made a comment. Part of the problem of a solitary introvert: Too comfortable having entire conversations with oneself and just moving on :)

It can be odd when uncomfortable things come up at dinner parties. I think it is all about just gauging the audience. It can usually be guessed at who would be open to discussing and not just creating an 'argument'.

I often find most people today have one view and opinion and they don't want to change it and aren't open to new ideas, in that case, it can often be wasted breath and unnecessary uncomfortable ways. That might just be my WASP ways of not expressing too much about opinions at dinner.

I'm not even sure where I stand on the metoo movement. I often feel like there is a LOT of grey in the world but we really live in a black and white variety due to our internet lives. we are meant to have easily digestible views and opinions that can be tweeted and hashtagged and so often there is very little subtlety. I also see a lot of public stone throwing that is not unlike our medieval ancestors in the town square. I'm not sure if we are moving backwards in our treatment to one another or we are simply the same and this is just its new guise.