I am a type. I don’t like groups. I maintain few memberships. I question and resist authority, especially enforcement of rules for the rules’ sake. I’m leery of orthodoxy. I hold back from shared cultural enthusiasms.
Everyone’s met such obstreperous specimens — the original self-isolators — and some readers out there are just like me.
Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it
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