Edit: Okay, I understand you. You are wrong, but that is the nature of expression when it comes to agitation and anger. It’s not necessarily your entire being,

Edit: Okay, I understand you. You are wrong, but that is the nature of expression when it comes to agitation and anger. It’s not necessarily your entire being, but such forces can co-opt a person for quite some time. Some people get addicted to indulging in righteous indignation (which somewhat corroborates your point about performance, but I’ll amend the point to include that it’s happening to extremes on both sides. You yourself have wholesale invalidated the emotions of the other side, possibly reciprocally). Sometimes just acting like something becomes you. So there is your mindfuck. You ever had to fake it a bit until you caught your rhythm? It’s in us to truly feel, just try. Experiment: https://youtube.com/shorts/j4TVuoicPrY https://youtube.com/shorts/j4TVuoicPrY Watch that after taking a deep breath and calmly try to tell yourself that “this is a woman who is probably more emotional than me, and I have seen women cry before over a lot of things. She is also of Hispanic origin and may have additional emotions here. She is also American and is a beneficiary of the labor of these people. I have to try to believe these are real emotions, even though even though my entire being is telling me she is a liar”. You have to fucking try. If you walk out with “I still think it’s performative”, then FINE. At least you tried, we’re all still here talking to you right? I will say one thing though, you sound batshit enough for the two of us to become friends.