I understand that other people have different feelings about in-group identification, and so I sympathize with the idea. That being said, I have a pretty strong negative reaction to identity symbols. It would essentially be an explicit gesture that some people are part of the tribe and other people aren’t. It’s hard to explain exactly why, but I would probably be less likely to interact with the community by a non-trivial amount if this because widespread.
I understand that other people have different feelings about in-group identification, and so I sympathize with the idea. That being said, I have a pretty strong negative reaction to identity symbols. It would essentially be an explicit gesture that some people are part of the tribe and other people aren’t. It’s hard to explain exactly why, but I would probably be less likely to interact with the community by a non-trivial amount if this because widespread.