And you draw harsh stares of repudiation if you venture too close to a forbidden topic. There are only two known Trumpies in the group, and they are actually not the real issue. They tend to bail on conversations before getting too argumentative. It's mostly the Antifa types in the group who have too short a fuse - lefty, college age or recently graduated. Couple of years ago I got into trouble just by making a snarky safe space remark.

Obviously, the problem is lack of civility. Lack of tolerance for other points of view. Feeling too tribal over it. Both sides have guilty members.