{"id":9380,"date":"2015-01-24T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T14:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=9380"},"modified":"2015-01-24T06:30:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T14:30:26","slug":"taboo-email-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/taboo-email-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Taboo&#8221; Email Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I get questions from people asking me about if it&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;okay&#8221; to talk about politics, religion, etc in emails.<\/p>\n<p>Should they play it safe?<\/p>\n<p>Or, go balls out ranting on whatever they want?<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t speak for anyone else on this.<\/p>\n<p>But, I have no problem doing it if it makes sense. Especially, to\u00a0purge people off my list who either don&#8217;t belong in my world, or\u00a0who aren&#8217;t emotionally capable of separating business from\u00a0someone&#8217;s politics.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point:<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow&#8217;s &#8220;Ben Settle Show&#8221; podcast.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s ALL about my &#8220;taboo&#8221; political views.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is for it to anger some, amuse others, and enlighten the\u00a0rest. 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