I gotta say, its been hard. Im my experience what happens is the saner part of the fried group starts looking at you funny (you AGREE WITH THEM?!?), and over time it becomes a game of “well maybe if i just said this to them”. There are some people who are just entrenched. It becomes toxic and having to navigate through an increasing polarized environment becomes difficult. And “over on the other side of the fence“, its increasingly just different- different movies, music, social customs, and a lot of open hateful behavior, with little introspection or empathy. After a while it becomes a little hard to stomach the realization that sometimes, people do change for the worse.
I gotta say, its been hard. Im my experience what happens is the saner part of the fried group starts looking at you funny (you AGREE WITH THEM?!?), and over time it becomes a game of “well maybe if i just said this to them”. There are some people who are just entrenched. It becomes toxic and having to navigate through an increasing polarized environment becomes difficult. And “over on the other side of the fence“, its increasingly just different- different movies, music, social customs, and a lot of open hateful behavior, with little introspection or empathy. After a while it becomes a little hard to stomach the realization that sometimes, people do change for the worse.