If I said I didn't want to list my pronouns because I simply don't want to (but if you want to, you definitely should!), a large portion of my social media "friends" would attack me for my lack of "wokeness." If I declared my absolute belief in a woman's right to choose, a battalion of past Catholic school acquaintances (mostly male) would condemn me to hell. If I told you I adored A.O.C. and admired John McCain (going so far as to donate to his primary campaign in 2000 in a measly, pathetic attempt to support his candidacy over Bush 2's), I would be dually (by libs and cons) raked over the political coals. If I suggested that J.K. Rowling had a reasonable point to make in regards to her idea of the epochally challenging experiences of being a woman but missed the boat by devaluing the humanity of identity, you probably would not ask me to elaborate and only publicly lambast me for the fragmented statement that she "had a reasonable point to make." I can't win; I'm not sure I want to win... but I do want personal honesty to be the foundation of discourse.
My opinions are transient, morphing concepts of temporality that are informed by communication. What happened to the discussions of ideas?
Heaven forfend I loudly express how vitally important these COVID vaccines are...
Ugh, enough!
Well said!!
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