You give some interesting examples. But you acknowledge that some of those choices, made differently, could be politicized. That's the issue. Choose culturally

You give some interesting examples. But you acknowledge that some of those choices, made differently, could be politicized. That's the issue. Choose culturally "ordinary" and you're good. Choose "unexpected" and you take your chances. Among reasonable people, your chances are good. There are a lot of unreasonable people out there. The original question was "why is political affiliation asked on a dating app?". To me, the answer is simple: life is highly politicized and while individuals will always have some nuance in their beliefs, stereotypes are real and legitimate as filtering criteria. I do not mean to imply that humans cannot be better. Just that they frequently are not. I did not call you a sheep.