Maybe it's just me, but every time I try and have a civil conversation with a member of the Tea Party about the government shutdown, it is an exercise in masochism. It devolves into ill will. I need to walk away from the ...craziness, but sometimes, I hang in there and defend Progressive values. It doesn't work well.
Most of us here have friends and family they can't talk to anymore. Some of us have friends who may be conservative, but have boundaries. Some of us can't avoid the more ardent supporters of the repeal Obamacare crowd. My acquaintances in this category seem to have lapsed into a Kool-Aid induced brain freeze over this government shutdown.