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There's something about what's going on in the world that triggers something more visceral in me. I feel more afraid, angry, tribal. I am absolutely terrified of how I see everyone responding. It's not really what they say as much as the frames they use to say it.

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As in I agree that black lives matter, that the police are freaking terrifying, that racism is bad, etc. But the bad frame uses religious style concepts - the total depravity of "you're in a racist system", the lurking Satan of "if you don't totally buy in you're racist"

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Repenting for white sins, white fragility indicating submission/dominance heirarchy, a lot of this being oriented around social status and power and retribution instead of actually getting concrete results

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It’s incredibly disorienting. It’s like... everyone is thinking about our collective humanity (finally!), but they’re all doing it with the framing and vocabulary of intelligent design (...wait, huh?!).

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Wow please say more. I’ve been struggling a lot with how I feel and this REALLY resonates with me.

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Feels like widespread atavistic impulses...

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Sounds like how people on top of the hierarchy react to challenge, rather than anything the challengers are doing.