Hello! I’m a new subscriber and enjoyed this article as my first read of the morning. Thank you! Good stuff. Sending sympathy at your lost friendships. I’m lucky to have mainly lost only friends online over this. It still hurts, but your story was so so sad. Luckily I have made many new friends online to keep me sane. Every now and then I pluck up the courage to argue with the normies and see how it goes. My last attempt was jumping into the leaked SCOTUS decision mêlee. As a pro choicer for decades I thought maybe we could find common ground. Not so. And when I told this person her empathy was fake if it didn’t extend to my medical freedom she fought tooth and nail to explain that forcing other people to “do the right thing” is the most empathetic position. They sure don’t like it when you call out their hypocrisy! But we keep trying. Keep up the good work!
I agree with almost everything you said. I am slow to slap on the 'narcissism' label though, it is a complicated phenomenon. What is not complicated is the reality of 'denial' which is so commonplace and powerful as a defense against reality. What an eye opener this fiasco has been regarding the flaws in human character, such as willful denial, and irrational reactions masked as virtue.
Hello! I’m a new subscriber and enjoyed this article as my first read of the morning. Thank you! Good stuff. Sending sympathy at your lost friendships. I’m lucky to have mainly lost only friends online over this. It still hurts, but your story was so so sad. Luckily I have made many new friends online to keep me sane. Every now and then I pluck up the courage to argue with the normies and see how it goes. My last attempt was jumping into the leaked SCOTUS decision mêlee. As a pro choicer for decades I thought maybe we could find common ground. Not so. And when I told this person her empathy was fake if it didn’t extend to my medical freedom she fought tooth and nail to explain that forcing other people to “do the right thing” is the most empathetic position. They sure don’t like it when you call out their hypocrisy! But we keep trying. Keep up the good work!
I agree with almost everything you said. I am slow to slap on the 'narcissism' label though, it is a complicated phenomenon. What is not complicated is the reality of 'denial' which is so commonplace and powerful as a defense against reality. What an eye opener this fiasco has been regarding the flaws in human character, such as willful denial, and irrational reactions masked as virtue.
This is gold. Thanks.