In the office, there are conservatives and liberals. Liberals such as myself, discuss politics together,when conservatives aren’t present.

I did break that rule earlier this week via social media when after talking to people from both sides of the traditional political isle, I realized that we agreed on a particular issue and vented in 140 characters or fewer via Twitter. I don’t believe that such rants are in my business’ best interest, so I won’t do it again. Everybody has their right to believe and support any candidate and it’s not our job as professionals to spew our thoughts. To me, it’s akin to someone who speaks of their religion as the one-and-only and tries to convert in the workplace.

One thing I do have a problem with is campaign sign posting in front of privately-owned buildings that house several businesses owned by others. If I was an employee in one of those small business buildings, I might very well be offended if my political leanings were in contrast to the signs posted by the landlord in front of the property. I believe posting those signs are extremely unprofessional — and makes the property look littered. I would be interested to know that if someone from one of the businesses located in one of the buildings wanted to post a sign from an opposing party, would the building owner would “allow” it?

If we’re on the same page, I’m more likely to talk a little politics, but even still, there’s just not a lot of time in a business relationship to spend on these kinds of topics.

I’m very outspoken in “real life,” but on social networking sites I prefer to stay mostly neutral and keep that stuff private. I think that people can probably figure out my affiliations without my being obvious about it or getting into arguments.

Remember, discussing such personal issues will more than likely offend someone. Is it worth the hurt feelings or confrontation? Not for me.