A renaître concept for interaction.

People are not limited to a single thought or idea

A growing sentiment today seems to be the concept of "Affo Quid Sum": "I speak what I am".  People let loose all their thoughts, consequences be damned, and freedom of speech is a wonderful thing, as this wellsprings creative realisations we haven't seen before, as a species.

Problem is, people are identifying too much with their opinions, and this is leading to a breakdown in social interaction.

The mindset seems to give the impression that to like what they have said is to like them, and thus to dislike what they have said is to dislike them, the person.  It's a pretty dark, self-depreciating way of looking at yourself to my view, but the phrase "you do you" applies well here.

What it leads to, however, is hypersensitivity to criticism.  You're not criticising their words, you're criticising them.  They take it as you criticising the person, which then means they take it as an attack.  Of course the appropriate response to an attack is to defend oneself.  But here's my novel idea for some.

What if someone can dislike a person's actions, comments, or intentions without that reflecting on the whole person?  What if your interpretation of hostility is a mistake, taking fatigue, frustration, poor social skills, or cultural differences as "aggression"?  What if, heaven forbid, you've read something wrong, or they see something you can't?  What if people disagreeing with you is not "hate"?

So, here's my suggestion.  Don't block people, attack people, or take offence to people not agreeing with you, or questioning what you say, or even having daft opinions no-one sane would consider (from your view, of course), and instead reserve your protection for those cases where people are actually attacking you.  Scary concept, huh?

That said, I have no naivety that this is going to make people want to block me for suggesting it.  Go ahead, if that's what you feel is an appropriate response to the concept that the world isn't as bad as you might feel.

After all, you do you.