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> Perhaps this is the end result of valorizing difference.

What a weird way to try to tie this to modern politics. You do realize that the movie "Sybil" had a similar effect (people copying a mental condition) in 1976, predating any kind of acceptance movement?

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I was worried that comment might be read this way, and of course copycat syndrome is something that has been with us for a long time.

To be clear, this is an extremely small cost to pay for difference to be broadly accepted.

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