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When Twitter politics hijack non-political group spaces

My book club has devolved into everyone sharing political hot takes from Twitter instead of discussing literature and the two people who try to redirect us back to books get accused of being 'privileged' for wanting to escape into fiction while the world burns and I don't know if this group can survive the constant outrage.

Laozi
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared activities and communities being consumed by political performativity, losing their original purpose and connection.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Twitter and X — the politics of outrage?”

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