Disaffected, Episode 149: December 9, 2023

-Something has happened to the left over the past few years. The religious fervor, the refusal to allow any disagreement, the histrionic accusations of "abuse" hurled on a dime at anyone who doesn't nod along with the latest craziness—this did not used to characterize the normal left. It does now.

-The "war on noticing" is in full swing. Asking questions about anything at all today leads to a baffled or hostile reaction. If you show even a hint of questioning about abnormal or rude behavior, people turn on you as if asking for clarification is a personal assault against them.

-We're swimming in histrionic fakers and dysregulated borderlines. But conservatives often make a mistake in how they react to this. They say, "She's never been really traumatized and it's all fakery." They see it as "either or." We see it as "both and." The weeping borderline is not, of course, being "traumatized" by being misgendered, but she likely did come from a background of abuse or neglect. Children from stable families are not motivated to act this way.