Even when you're not hiding you may have to couch them in unnatural ways. I often find that I have to tailor my statements to an absurd degree depending on the

Even when you're not hiding you may have to couch them in unnatural ways. I often find that I have to tailor my statements to an absurd degree depending on the audience. It's like you have to wave an appealing stick or say the right prayer to indicate to the crowd you're not a heretic before they'll listen to you at all. For example, if you want to make a point about abortion and body autonomy in a conservative space, you may have to bring up covid vaccine mandates. If you want to make a point about there not being enough/any shelters for male victims of domestic violence in a left-wing space, you have to bookend it with support for female victims. It's like everyone is so insecure about their beliefs they can't function without a constant background hum of validation.