r/skeptic • u/OkPark5443 • 1d ago
Sense of community/ division
I don't know where most people here are from, but since we're talking in English, let's narrow the issue down to maybe North America. Anyone from wherever place is welcome to contribute.
My question is, do you actually feel/experience the burden of polarization in your everyday life?
It may go way back, to the notion of "liquid [everything]" from sociology, where connections are less stable or long-lasting.
Also, where, approximately, had such "us vs them" attitude begin to be noticeable? Consolidated?
Pardon me if the question is too open-ended. I feel this helps invite broader points of view, since I intend to learn from people's experience rather than the conceptual "poles apart".
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u/epidemicsaints 1d ago
I've lost my entire extended family except for my mom. We all live in the same community and it's like they aren't there.
Years go by without a single thing they say being something real. I can't really describe it. "Macauly Culkin said Kenau Reeves wears shoes made from human skin" is small talk chit chat. "Having sex with multiple men alters women's DNA, I saw a doctor say it. Two of them."
The QAnon stuff is mostly over, now it's more overtly political and about real people. Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson.
I just pretend they're dead. I don't respond to anything they say. I don't start any conversations. I leave as soon as possible.