IMO, identifying the IDW as fundamentally about growing polarization/SJW influence/etc. narrowly misses the mark: that w/ the mobile web, institutions lost the ability to redirect narratives arbitrarily & started compensating by pandering to "thematic truths" ever more recklessly https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/1142970381583704064 …
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(I'm not asking you to take any particular position on the stupid hats. I'm asking you to notice the visceral reaction you have to a campaign wearable, to ask yourself where that's coming from, and to consider whether or not this seems normal.)
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I *will* respond to everyone's partisanisms, but fwiw I'm pretty sure I can't show you how the game works while you're still playing. I will keep trying. Please, please humor me.
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It’s just an illusion that this happens on one side only. If you venture into conservative circles you get the same stuff directed at feminists with short and colorful hair, gay people, hippies or really any kind of group.
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Pretty sure you mean "liberal" here, not "leftist". Obviously these are often used synonymously but I think they're worth keeping separate.
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I'm using "on the left" and "leftist" consistently. "Liberal" means all kinds of things
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