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When Twitter politics divide couples on engagement levels

My partner thinks I've become 'radicalized' by Twitter and I think they're burying their head in the sand and we can't talk about current events anymore without it becoming a fight about my 'obsession' with social justice versus their 'privilege to ignore politics' and I don't know how to bridge this gap.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Partners at different levels of political activation struggling to find common ground between engagement and overwhelm.

Worth thinking about

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

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.