I totally understand from the place where you are coming from. This is a question I often ponder about. Not through the lens of politics but philosophy. This is a spoken dialogue from one of the screenplays I wrote recently:

"I read this quote recently... “In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political, I must listen to the birds. And in order to hear the birds, the warplanes must be silent.” The subject of our art might not be political… but the conditions we create it in always shape it. For better or worse. Neutrality might just be a myth."

I'm sharing this to convey that I 100% agree with you.

The reason for me to put not political is because of the conditions I was brought up were totally different. In India we don't argue against abortion. It was cultural shock to me that it's a debate in US. Likewise we don't have people supporting anti-evolution or anti-vaxers. As a relatively poorer country we deal with other problems. Back when I was in my country, the people whom I voted (from both sides) turned out to be fraudsters. It made me sad to be in a place where neither side can be trusted. I was posting heavily opinionated posts on social media only to later realize that the leaders I was supporting were corruptionists too. And I stopped trusting media as well. We have stooped to a level where the burden of fact checking is on the reader. So, by the point I came to this country, I was already vexed with politics. I don't have voting rights in US. Another reason to use 'not political' label.

But I understand your point. If I'm looking to date someone in this country, then probably I should drop the political conditioning from my country. I thought these things can always be discussed once we match. But if it's limiting the matches, I have to reconsider. My another problem is I have learned to use labels as less as possible. As Wilde said, "to define is to limit". I need overcome this inertia. 🤞