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Originally Posted by NAF1138
I have had some of my family members in Israel go no contact with me for not being vocally pro Israel enough on social media. I have had left wing friends go no contact with me for being too pro Israel. Things sort of suck right now.
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I've seen this trend more than once in social media over the past five years and I find it disturbing. Something polarizing rises to prominence and people are pushed to take a side whether they want to or not. If they say, "I think this is an important topic, but I don't think I am informed enough to take a public stance," they're excoriated, sometimes by both sides. It's a double-edged
purity spiral. Moderate views or nuance are unacceptable.