[fiblye]

I think it also depends on the audience and group you're with. If you're moving around a lot, you might end up in expat/international/diverse groups. Most people who move to several countries aren't moving to villages 4 hours from a city and speaking and blending in with the locals and really hearing what rural people think.

Growing up in a small town and moving between small towns across the US every year or so, I never had exposure to "liberals" until I started using the internet as a teen. Until then, everyone I was ever around talked about them like they were bogeymen.

In the country I live in now, I was initially exposed to much more "progressive" opinions from people. Now I'm seen as less "that foreign guy" and more of a local, and I hear what people would normally discuss with their friends and family. It's quite different.

[mastazi]

It's true that context counts, I can see your point since, similar to your experience, I also come from a rural area and I lived in a tiny town for some years.

But I also feel like I have a "default setting" for situations where I don't really know who I'm talking to, and in those situations, what I said above still applies.