Damus
HODL · 32w
Online discourse sucks because you can never just say a nuanced thing you always have to signal or counter signal. Because everyone else is trying to filter you into freind/enemy distinction. Exhausti...
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Sometimes I wonder if I even have enough room in my head to have a nuanced take on everything anymore. Or maybe it's that I have nuanced ideas, but it's so thorny out there that it's either better to stay silent or only express one side or stance. I like to pick a side that both sides would oppose.
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nostrich · 32w
Get out of my brain face 😆 If you have a nuanced take, it’s an immediate shame because it doesn’t fit in the scripted paradigm. And hey, sometimes I’m wrong, but if I don’t put those ideas forward, they can’t be challenged, and us both learn, so we are discouraged from sharing them.