Political / Social Commentary
Positive connections
Justice, advocacy, community
Only if personally recognizable
Emotional connections during this preference
Moral superiority, anger, group hostility, untrusting, fear, punishment
Go Deeper
Does commentary inform your civic choices, or persuade you that whole groups of people are beneath you?
Possible buried beliefs
“Those people are the enemy.”
“My group is morally superior.”
Hard Places
Experiences of exclusion or injustice, if personally connected.
More questions
If you could not turn to this activity, what feeling or responsibility might come into view?
Does the experience help you understand something painful, or repeatedly strengthen resentment?
Does not knowing or not being in control remain uncomfortable after the activity ends?
Does comparing yourself with someone involved in this preference change your sense of worth?