grin
@grin
im seeing lots of posts in various groups im in about ppl feeling fear or pain after the election, or needing to support each other in a challenging time. i have to admit im super confused. what is this, 9/11? what terrible things are people worried about? am i completely out of touch? wtf is going on?
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alex
@proxystudio.eth
some of this is sort of a performance that people do politically, would probably call this virtue signalling some of it may be related to very specific policies that might impact them, their families like deportation the affective style of politics is trauma, we experience the election of a president either with elation (gloating, talking about the victory and the win as if it has any connection to us, saying "I called it" etc) or grief. been like this my entire life sports teams vibes
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grin
@grin
i guess i didnt realize so many ppl were such intense fans. this one feels way worse than it has in past
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alex
@proxystudio.eth
thinks its less about rooting for a particular player, its not harris fandom, its dem fandom GOP is a bit different, as a lot of people sort of hate the republican brand but trump is quite popular, still a fandom though
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