I haven't watched any of the Democratic Convention and I don't expect to be tuning in the Republican one. Thanks to things like YouTube, I can sneak up on some of the more notable speeches at some later date, if and when I'm in the mood.
There's such a thing as being too uninformed about the issues of the day and there's also such a thing as being swamped by it and having too much of it in your life and brain. I'm always looking for the Sweet Spot between those two extremes and when I think I've found it, I don't want to be shoved off it by some friend, well-meaning though they may be, who wants to talk for the next three hours about how inhumane and destructive Donald Trump is. My opinion of the man could not be lower but it does less wear 'n' tear on my soul and life to just put him on that list of Things We Just Have To Get Through.