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Let me explain. A social experiment that started with a fake hairstyle (ponytail) and included an incredibly exaggerated hardline stance on wearing a mask during the pandemic, calling for racial equality and other social issues that I believe shouldn\u2019t be partisan, is finally complete. I wondered what would happen if I \u201cflipped the script\u201d and suddenly didn\u2019t fit perfectly in the box that my relatively new and extensive far-right friends list had put me in. I knew I would draw out a few hateful people. But I was astonished how many people effectively lost their minds over a few perceived differences of opinion. When did we all become so sensitive? When did we abandon all civility? When did it stop being an admirable quality to think independently?\xa0\n\xa0I knew fatal tribalism had dominated our current political landscape, but I sorely underestimated the strength of the wall of conformity we have erected around our political tribes. Deviating the slightest degree from the playbook written in stone is now a capital offense punishable by death. People who claimed to support me and even people who have known me my whole life, and even those who offered support and understanding when I overdosed and was charged with aggravated assault, now told me things like, \u201cHave a nice life.\u201d or that I, \u201clost my mind\u201d.\xa0 Several even threatened me, a few attacked me personally and even said hateful and disgraceful things about my wife. It was very eye-opening. But of course, I did have many real friends private message their full support regardless of any differences on issues. Listen to this episode to learn how I really feel about things or don\u2019t. I really don\u2019t care.\nSocial Media:\nTwitter- https://twitter.com/taylor4arizona\nFacebook- https://facebook.com/taylorforarizona\nInstagram- https://instagram.com/taylorforarizona\n\n--- \n\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comethisfar/support