Dealing with sensitive/tiresome conversation topics

How do you gentlemen deal with friends that cannot avoid sensitive or tiresome conversations?

Me and the wife met a few good friends for a dinner party this weekend. During the evening a few more people join us, and a few glasses of wine are enjoyed. Problem starts here, when politics come up as conversation topics. As you might expect, soon enough the temperature rises as views, opinions, speculations and world solving solutions are tossed across the room.

I am myself interested and somewhat educated about politics, but I just find discussing all the quite discomforting events going on globally quite depressing. A nice dinner turns into a deep dive into all that is wrong with the world. :-( I love my friends and they are all intelligent, well-meaning individuals with a good grasp of reality but I don't see the point of discussing all this together over wine and company.

I've heard that one should never discuss politics, religion or money and this weekend I really wished for that rule to be applied.

How do you deal with loved ones that always steer conversations into controversy?

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