Mm... being a contrarian comes naturally to me (only kid in my Civics class to back Mondale/Ferraro openly, etc.). What's draining is feeling like there's less and less room for nuanced positions in public discourse -- but it was probably ever so.
... And it's painful watching people with worthy intentions not get taken seriously because they're so shrill and over-the-top and ultimately presumptuous with their rhetoric (i.e., the "you're a horrible, cold-blooded excuse of a human being who's going to hell and/or hates all ________ [insert demographic] if you can't see that ________________ [insert absolutist position]" school of attempted persuasion).
*sigh* Plants, cats, and dogs. One of these years, I'm going to succumb to the urge to give up talking to people. Well, except the BYM. And you. And maybe a few others. I suppose I could try thinking of all y'all as honorary cats and dogs, but that's getting too twisted even for me, so I guess I'll just have to continue keeping my inner Misanthropic Drama Queen in check.
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... And it's painful watching people with worthy intentions not get taken seriously because they're so shrill and over-the-top and ultimately presumptuous with their rhetoric (i.e., the "you're a horrible, cold-blooded excuse of a human being who's going to hell and/or hates all ________ [insert demographic] if you can't see that ________________ [insert absolutist position]" school of attempted persuasion).
*sigh* Plants, cats, and dogs. One of these years, I'm going to succumb to the urge to give up talking to people. Well, except the BYM. And you. And maybe a few others. I suppose I could try thinking of all y'all as honorary cats and dogs, but that's getting too twisted even for me, so I guess I'll just have to continue keeping my inner Misanthropic Drama Queen in check.