It& #39;s been clear for some time now that there exists a sizable group of Americans who not only don& #39;t believe in minding their own business, they actively oppose the concept.

They WANT to regulate you, to control you.
We& #39;ve had different names for them over the years -- scolds, busybodies, etc - but more recently something& #39;s changed. They& #39;re aggressive and empowered in ways they weren& #39;t before. They& #39;re no longer annoying. They& #39;re dangerous.
They& #39;re a sort of hyperactive, woke Jacobin that isn& #39;t interested in a society where we afford one another the space to live and let live. They don& #39;t believe in that.
What they seem to believe in is conformity through persecution. The only thing they hold sacred is their own perceived moral superiority.

Disagreement or difference of opinion -- even no opinion at all -- is a form of intolerable heresy that justifies abuse.
And, like every group motivated by its own self-righteousness, they& #39;re insatiable.

Only those who express either sufficient zealotry or obsequiousness are spared, and even submission offers no immunity.
And they& #39;re increasingly unavoidable. You can& #39;t escape them by getting offline. You can& #39;t escape them by scrubbing your account.

They believe they& #39;re purging society. Making it better and more pure.

History tells us how these sorts of episodes end.
It& #39;s a binary choice: If you& #39;re not going to join them, you either fight them or you accept your inevitable victimhood.
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