re: #290 WindUpBird
I just don’t agree, sorry.
252 is my opinion on the phenomenon, and comparing blog stuff we start from our computer desks to Palestine does not compute
if you escalate drama, then drama will escalate. it takes two. if you compare an argument to World Events, well, don’t be surprised when that argument takes up a gigantic looming apocalyptic silhouette in your mind.
it happened to me. And I had to stop. Almost like an addiction.
if you compare it to anything, compare it to drinking. or smoking. it’s a vice.
Actually, most dysfunctional pathologies are escalated either in groups of people who isolate themselves or by an individual’s own obsessions.