This would be a tough topic to determine how to respond to appropriately in a dinner party atmosphere. Cryptogee's idea of "How did that make you feel?" is brilliant.

I've had a few of these kinds of moments in person and on social media in the past few years, usually centered around US politics --- discrimination, immigration, and environmental policies specifically (although there are more). The current political climate has emboldened people to voice opinions that would have otherwise been deemed inappropriate and kept under wraps, pre-Trump.

Up until a few months ago I would express my opinions more freely but have taken the stance of not wanting to expend energy trying to convince anyone else of my point of view when they aren't open minded enough to listen. Some of the rhetoric I hear in public these days is unbelievably hate/fear-filled, antiquated, and stirs up major deja-vu. The US is so incredibly divided now, it reminds me in some ways of the decades leading up to the Civil War.