When it comes to politics, some aren't interested, others don't really know how to function or think without it. The moment I see folks creating the division necessary for the political brain to function, I'm already convinced whatever it is, downvotes in this case, becomes a never ending back and forth that goes nowhere. I like to be able to help and be a part of the community discussions but this crowd here has been beyond difficult to work with, due to the political nature of their brains, it seems. But whatever.

You're right, the group formation and groupthink is inevitable. Part of me though thinks the groups have become far too distant from one another over the past decade at least. Far too tightknit. Losing contact with what's outside their bubbles. All this making communication damn near impossible. But at some point people will learn again to be a little more open to outsiders. That's not happening yet though. Not even close. But it will. I talked about it at the end of this post. The typical political mind of today wouldn't be able to process much of what I wrote there though. It's designed in a way that's meant to short circuit that way of thinking. But that's between us. lol.

And as for the art, I've pushed it beyond that, yes. I've experimented with a lot of things though. Writing humor then presenting it out in the open can be both incredibly rewarding, and brutally humiliating, at the same time even. Every joke is an experiment. I don't know if it's funny until I get a response. I've also done some rather dark humor with included violent imagery which I know in advance could frighten people or make them think there's something wrong with me, not realizing it's just art, meant to be entertainment. And I'll continue to experiment.

As for covid material, honestly, from what I've seen, the only people making it sound like others shouldn't attempt writing that sort of material, is this group here, urasoul and company. They're the only ones saying Hive is censored. Like I said to him, there's an element of fear being sold here. I read between the lines. The other folks can publish their stuff and get away with it because they're not knocking down others and the platform in the process. They're not offering up disinformation in regards to the platform and whatnot, whereas this group does. Continuously poke the bear, then market the response. That's my theory anyway after studying this case. I've seen a few others in passing talking about how they think it's a FUD campaign. Purely speculation.