Digital tantrums can be seen by thousands of her Leftist/communist tribe instead of only the roomful that could witness it in the pre-social media age.
Because outrageous outrage, in their emotion-is-everything world, confers status.
Put another way, the crazier she acts, the more she thinks her friends will like her when confronted by facts their group/tribe finds distasteful.
Grab your cameras, narcissists! Make your point & feel the warm rush of dopamine flood your brain as you change the world by broadcasting your interpretive dance of “Whatever Outrage Demonstrates My Moral Superiority”.
Virtue signaling 2020-style.
Digital tantrums can be seen by thousands of her Leftist/communist tribe instead of only the roomful that could witness it in the pre-social media age.
Because outrageous outrage, in their emotion-is-everything world, confers status.
Put another way, the crazier she acts, the more she thinks her friends will like her when confronted by facts their group/tribe finds distasteful.
Aren't humans amazing?
So emotions are now ... performative????
Grab your cameras, narcissists! Make your point & feel the warm rush of dopamine flood your brain as you change the world by broadcasting your interpretive dance of “Whatever Outrage Demonstrates My Moral Superiority”.