I posted this as a reply to another tweet, but it& #39;s something I& #39;ve been thinking about lately.

I know a lot of my followers on this account are really familiar with the "internet culture wars" of the past few years - has anyone else felt this deja vu?

I used to be friends with a LOT more conservatives, but drifted apart as they grew more extreme in their views and support for the GOP, to the point that I barely recognized them anymore.

It& #39;s hard to know if they were always this way and hiding it, or if they were radicalized.

I& #39;m sure that most of them would say the same about me, but I don& #39;t think my political alignment has actually changed much. Even when I called myself "anti-SJW" (cringe), I was always a lefty.