GnarlyBear on Nostr: You’ll see from time to time, these threads on social media (typically on ...

You’ll see from time to time, these threads on social media (typically on Twitter/Bluesky) where they’ll pick a topic, typically a person or artist, musician etc. Who was not guilty of any real wrongdoing in their lives or career. There is this careful curation of this dissection of their personality in responses. What you’ll notice, though is that the people or the accounts that are performing the dissection and the “cultural critique” rarely ever have a profile that shows face or anything of substance about their lives. It is very hive mind and sudden typically when these events occur. The end result is the cultural icon being shredded for simply having been human.

What these accounts are trying to do is another form of cultural deconstruction.

These critiques are a way to reinforce ideology. A way of alining and reinforcing values.

The values that are being reinforced may even be good. But the key that a lot of people miss is the deconstruction. They’ll pick up on the feeling of the this deep rooted discomfort. That discomfort arises intentionally because you are being manipulated in ways that you can’t see the overall arch. You’re being reprogrammed. We want to be good people, right?

You could sometimes argue this deconstruction is necessary for change. But you need to be aware this is what is occurring.