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Comment by moolcool

7 days ago

TL;DR: He doesn't discuss politics with his friends because he thinks he's more rational than them.

instead of writing this exact thing i found the first comment from the bottom which said it for me. these people are coping. articles like this read to me as a person good at writing long form whos trying to convince themselves their cowardice and inflated self image-driven decision not to curate their social circles is actually ok and not horribly damaging to our society.