Blogs and political views: Keep it to myself?

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I wrote in to the Cafferty File today regarding the stripping of delegates from Michigan and Florida, and whether or not those delegates should be in fact seated at the Democratic National Convention later this year.

Don't hold your breath for me to post that response here, as a good civil discussion on politics is hard to find on the Internet.

Instead, I'd like to pose the question: Should political views be kept to one's self on a personal blog, or should those views be posted for all to see?

When I read personal blogs of other folks, I typically don't see political viewpoints expressed. Now I haven't really browsed a whole lot of blogs as these Democratic primaries have heated up, so that could be a different situation now.

But for those blogs where I've found political commentary in a personal setting, I have actually found myself turned off by blogs where the personal viewpoints expressed are nothing but party talking points and completely lacking in fact and logic.

I love disagreements. I'm not going to see eye to eye with every person on the planet. My views, like the views of many others, are mired in personal conflict and are not firm principles of my life.

For example, when it comes to abortion I am pro-choice. It's a woman's body, a woman's own morals, and if she makes the decision to terminate her pregnancy, she should be legally able to have an abortion. That being said, if someone I loved was faced with that decision, I would strongly urge them not to have an abortion, as that could be my future niece, nephew, son or daughter... or down the road my future grandchild.

Pro-life advocates will state that all life is precious, and begins at conception. I refuse to get in their faces and them they are wrong. Frankly, they may be right. I haven't seen enough scientific evidence to completely support that notion, nor have I seen enough to firmly conclude that a developing fertilized egg is no more than a group of developing cells blissfully unconscious of its own existence.

Most of our own political views are not simple yes or no answers as I've demonstrated in my pro-choice conundrum. So is it a turn off to a reader when you invite them into your head and show the reader where you're leaning in terms of divisive topics such as this?