Perry I am the same way, a little uneasy about sending people here. I have some good friends who are quite liberal (much like you), and I almost never engage them in debate like we do here, and she probably has no idea where I stand on most things. I have said some things in print here, that I’d never actually say to them. Not that I am physically afraid, as I am of course a bad-ass ;)… just out of respect I let them speak their mind, and kind of nod my head.
As she was thinking of getting “into real-estate” I pointed her to this site, and then it dawned on me that some of the political stuff might bring me “out of the closet”. While I don’t use my real name, anyone I sent here would know from my handle exactly who I am.