The weird thing to me about the reaction to that Zach Ford vs The Hat article is the creeping realization that most people have not spent their lives in an environment where they knew they were always one wrong moral choice away from having everyone in their lives turn on them.
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For a certain class of people, I think this is one of those background assumptions which is so foundational as to mostly go unarticulated, and you can’t understand their approach to and view of the world without taking this into account. Emotional and social precarity is rampant.
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This can be articulated in political terms, but it can also be life narratives like “I was afraid to come out as LGBT, because I knew my father would kill me.” Even people who haven’t lived that can feel it, insofar as it feels like an extension of their own experience.
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Replying to @TheAgeofShoddy
FWIW I spent most of my life believing everyone was ready to turn on me for no reason whatsoever.
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I recognize it sounds like paranoia, but it really does happen- articles like Ford’s are outriders for a real culture. I lost probably 10 friends I’d known for a 15+ years over politics, despite the fact that we all voted the same way. Emotional affect mismatch.
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I just expect people to flip out and start beating me up for no reason, nothing to do with politics. I've drifted away from a fair number of people over politics but, eh
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