I’ll start this by saying I am Canadian and my roommates are also Canadian.

I recently moved and got a new job and am staying rent free at a friends place until I can get into my new apartment (it’ll be about 12 days total by the time I move). My roommates are very politically active and left wing where I am pretty apathetic and think both sides are about the same. I came home last night and my roomies were watching the US midterm election coverage. I joined to be social and because I like hanging out with them. They were expressing their opinions in the matter (mostly disappointment), and I was trying to be positive, saying it was an improvement, and making a few jokes (mostly about Ted Cruz being the Zodiac Killer). I did say a few things about it not being our country and why was he so upset when there’s absolutely nothing we can do about it. We can’t even vote! And said that some policies were the same under the last government anyway.

This morning I overheard a call where he told a friend he had to stop watching the coverage because of me.

Should I have just kept my mouth shut? My friends have been so good to me. They’re my only close friends where I live and I’m worried about losing them over something stupid. But I feel like I should be able to speak my mind? A little bit? Maybe I should move into a hotel? I’m worried about being in the common area, I don’t want to upset anyone further.