Thank you for your concern, Alex, but Tororne and I have been down this road before, and will again.
Momma told me never discuss politics, religion or sex - and I pay about as much attention to that as I do most of what momma told me.
But "hurt myself trying?" I'm not sure what you mean by that. I believe there is an Oprano pearl out there that suggests it not wise to take anything said on a messageboard too damn seriously - and I never do. In "real life" I have several close friends who consider Rush Limbaugh a pretty smart fellow, even if he is a little too liberal. So if your concern is that I become to personally invested in the discussions of politics, that isn't going to happen.
I've sometimes wondered if it could end up hurting me business wise - if I run the risk of alienating a contact somewhere down the line that I may need, or that my opinions will preclude us working together for our mutual benefit sometime in the future. I'd like to think that people are more mature than that - and I do believe that most people are - but I'd be a fool not to acknowledge at least the possibility that's true. In the end, though, I'm not too concerned with that either ... I've never lived my life that way, and ain't gonna start now.