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Peaceful Dave's avatar

This is what I think of as the monolithic tribe assumption. You express a view on something that is widely considered to be associated with a tribe. That means that they think they can be certain that all of your views are in alignment with that tribe. No need for you to express those views, they attack you for unexpressed views because they just "know" that about you. For them, it's war and all is fair in the effort to crush you like a bug. Your reply that you said none of that fell onto deaf ears.

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Erica Etelson's avatar

This dynamic you describe bums me out so much. Everyone's expected to adopt the whole package or be seen as a traitor. You can't be anti-vax and pro-masks. You can't be anti-Trump and pro-free speech. You can't be pro-trans and question puberty blockers. Everything is all about "which side are you on" with the ideological check-list created and policed by Twitter blue-checks. Good lord it truly makes me grind my jaw in frustration every day.

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Chris Fox's avatar

Attitude syndromes

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