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Thank you, I had been waiting for somebody to find what was wrong with Google+.

I've got to know a lot of people with different political views from me in the last couple of years through kayaking. I think it's getting an interest which is very much a practical physical thing, so it doesn't really filter people *at all* by political views except maybe if somebody was very racist all the time everybody else would probably get annoyed and stop talking to them. The importance of it being a practical thing and not an information-based interest is that everybody helps each other with things like carrying boats, so people who would end up shouting if they sat down and discussed things with each other can still get along and achieve something.

Plus, it doesn't have so much intrinsic selection by profession, ability with computers, book-smarts, etc. though it doesn't have many physically disabled people. Some, but they tend to have started the sport, made friends and then got ill and stuck around. And there are always children around so you generally have to be nice and polite to each other, but everybody is nice back.