answers are only required when someone's trying to sort you into ingroup or outgroup. this becomes an imperative only when one perceives themselves to be in a state of conflict. but once you put on the glasses of war, you see attacks everywhere you look; a self-ratcheting effect
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RT @DRMacIver
People you can't say "I don't know" to are not safe to be around.
https://twitter.com/DRMacIver/status/1412104075081129986
polarization has a tendency to be a one-way street, it begets more of itself, crystallizing all it touches, like a prion. it requires the rejection of ambiguity, as on a war footing you can't afford to be uncertain. if not with them, you're the enemy
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RT @pee_zombie
the discursive atmosphere had intensified where anything that wasn't an obvious signal of alignment was interpreted as a defection; you're questioning the practicality o…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1405677282312732681
the end result basically tends to be this
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RT @__ghostline
@levelsio
https://twitter.com/__ghostline/status/1411663522635911168