It's really interesting. More than a few members here at AN helped set me on a path toward being more open to different ideas; less apt to have kneejerk reactions that didn't at least consider shifting my point of view.
My gut reaction is that this seems performative.
But the criticisms Mars is addressing with these changes are all real conversations happening out there in communities that focus on issues of gender, race, sex, neuro diversity, etc. Yes, some of those communities may be small, but they're culturally influential.
It's certainly difficult to identify with aspects of our changing modern culture.
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