By my secret formula, the optimal amount of work time for me to spend in culture-war beefing is about 12%. Strikes the right balance among various considerations. The range of the formula is between 4% to about 80%. Below 4% is psychotic escapism, above 80% is terminal PTSD.
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I also appreciate the... textual warfare contributions of meme-makers etc though I'm too old to learn those weapons. It's boring old words for me most of the time, with the occasional PG-rated gif thrown in.
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At some level, I'm glad there's enough people left in the fray instead of in self-care retreat to keep the conflict going. The culture wars may be tiresome, tiring, and in a sort of terminally futile endgame for those at 70%+ investment in it. But it's not a made-up war.
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There are real issues being litigated through the conflict. So a bad idea to premature shut down the conflict simply because many need time to heal, or because many combatants are now part of a culture-war industrial complex with vested career interests in keeping it going.
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This is why, even though I only occasionally jump in to throw a punch or two, I have no patience for those calling for a detente for the sake of detente, or civility for the sake of civility.
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Retreat to lick your wounds if you want, but don't pretend the conflict is over just because you, personally, are tired of the fighting, and don't personally have enough at stake. Retreat is a luxury available to some, not a sign of superior moral wisdom or higher virtues.
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