“We want to stay out of this controversy.” (Page 69, Big Book)
Some topics are naturally controversial.
When I'm duty-bound to 'pronounce' on a topic that is controversial, I tend to say my bit then leave others to it.
When someone argues with me, when I'm in my right mind, I don't argue back.
For a lot of my life, I thought people were nodding and smiling because they agreed with me.
It turns out that, a lot of the time, they just couldn't be bothered to argue and were being sensible.
They had already learned this lesson.