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I have views on the handling of covid that I'm afraid to say on twitter. This is interesting because there's not a lot I'm afraid to say on twitter. Even more interesting is I wasn't fully aware of the fear until recently; it felt like I just "didn't feel like talking about it"

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Jesse Livermore

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any thoughts on what's making you afraid to say it?

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I think it's because the topic feels both highly energized and cause I'm disagreeing primarily with my ingroup, and I don't anticipate much ingroup support to back me up

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This could be your impulse to conform, which is powerful in humanity, and consistent with functional tribal communities. But as the Asch experiments show, being true to yourself has great benefits - as it can liberate others to be true to themselves as well.

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DefiDiogenes(W,H)

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If I tried to make it one tweet, my views would look like a joke because I've always thought 1 viruses should be classified as alive &capable of evolving and 2 the development of viruses is one of the few events actually capable of global decimation and should be taken seriously.

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@GregAttilaKiss

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Strange, i hadn't noticed that said ingroup has any particularly strong feelings about covid. And is it naive to think the whole point of the ingroup is that everyone can speak the entirety of their mind?

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Often I just don’t have the energy to defend it... especially when I know they aren’t looking to understand. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Screw the ingroup - you are better off without them. :)