Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : Not sure if this belongs here or in /r/dating_advice, but I just got done with an interaction on bumble where the woman I was chatting with was pretty adamant that it is never appropriate to talk politics on a dating site, or on a first date.  I think that for me, politics is something that should be talked about up front – I have no interest in dating people with certain political positions. I told her I respected her position as it relates to her, but she just kept saying that politics just shouldn't be discussed, ever.   


What sparked it off was that we were discussing two cities with the same name, one in my state, one in Virginia.  I commented, "Virginia is a lot different from \[my state\], more blackface scandals." I thought it was funny. I hadn't noticed that she went to University of Virginia.  Now, I get that maybe I was an asshole for making an insensitive comment about her state (though I still think it was funny), but I still think you should be allowed to talk politics if it's important to you. 