That's also what I am saying, allat.
But ultimately, we all engage in politics.
I believe it is wrong and homophobic to use words such as "gay" and "faggot" as an insult. Someone who says they don't care is essentially saying they will use such words whenever they feel like doing so. And when they do use those words, they are perpetuating the problem.
People either use or don't use those words. There's no in-between. And either way, it's a political position.
Well yeah, of course... I think some people are presuming that you're talking about the only way to be politically involved is in quitting their jobs, and going to spend all their time camped out at protests or something.
In fact the definition of "conservatism" is wanting to preserve the "status quo" - i.e. being fine with the way things are currently. I think every person is conservative in some aspects and progressive (working towards change) in other aspects. To what extent we are conservative or progressive, and in which areas (e.g. social, economic, domestic, foreign policy, specific issues, etc.), and how much those areas of life are important to us, is, I think, how we see ourselves as conservative or liberal/progressive.
Also, yes people's apathy does translate into keeping the status quo going, which amounts to a kind of passive conservatism. This is all very complex, though, and it's hard to keep talking about these things only in the abstract sense.
E.g. what's happening with Monsanto: most people don't know much about, even though it affects the lives of almost everyone on this planet. Yet most people won't do anything, including trying to find out what is the problem around that company.
There's often a sense of helplessness involved too. Most of us believe there's little or nothing we can do to change things, so why bother worrying about them too much.
Of course that's not true. Otherwise nothing would have changed in human history.
Anyway, usually there are a handful of issues that do create a desire in most people to do something about things. E.g. in the case of most people in this forum it's religion vs. secularism which is a very important political topic. Not everyone will agree on other topics here, but that's to be expected.
Topic: Political views