Dovetailing Boundaries with Moving Targets

I am travelling today, and I’ve just decided to combine two pretty much completely different discussions into one combinatorial confrontation.

These days I find I am incessantly concerned about the “shifting sands” of propaganda, manipulation and all that jazz. I think of this sort of like investigating quicksand while I am drowning in it.

In case you already feel queasy about mixed metaphors, perhaps this might be a good moment to take some medicine, because I have a hunch we are headed towards increasing turbulence.

One of by blogger friends (whom I have so far never met “IRL”) wrote a post today about confrontations (see “Is There Such Thing as a Good Confrontation?“). Here, NL writes:

You have to remember that a confrontation takes place because of a negative thing otherwise this wouldn’t be called a confrontation but a discussion, so do not think twice about having this conversation—this will help you so much in the long run.

https://new-lune.com/2025/12/07/is-there-such-thing-as-a-good-confrontation

I wonder whether it’s possible to maintain boundaries with moving targets. I imagine it might be rather difficult.