imperfect metaphor:
it's as though suddenly a large number of people i spend time around have recently decided to take up shooting guns as a hobby, and now everyone feels compelled to consider whether that's a hobby they should also adopt or else come up with a justification (ethical or otherwise) for why they're not going to, and it takes over every conversation. the kind of talking past each other around ethics, power, being "pro" or "anti", etc also feels similar