ually feel. It’s similar to spiritual bypassing, where spiritual language or practices are used to sidestep pain or [accountability](/knowledge/accountability) — but in this case, it happens through politics._" "_Political bypassing replaces [vulnerability](/knowledge/vulnerability) with ideology —it makes us sound aware while keeping us disconnected._" "_[Accountability](/knowledge/accountability) became theoretical, and [compassion](/knowledge/compassion) conditional._" 1a:T544, ## About On their Substack newsletter [Erotics of Liberation](https://eroticsofliberation.substack.com/), Care published an article called [The wound I can't heal](https://eroticsofliberation.substack.com/p/the-wound-i-cant-heal). ## Content Care mentions how _political bypassing_ can be used to evade [vulnerability](/knowledge/vulnerability). It is part of what we mean with _externalization_ when focusing only on the outer layers of the [spheres of responsibility](/knowledge/spheres-of-responsibility). "_Political bypassing happens when we use politics to avoid intimacy. When analysis becomes armor, we end up hiding behind theory instead of showing up in relationship. We name systems (“that’s just patriarchy,” “that’s your conditioning”) instead of naming how we actually feel. It’s similar to spiritual bypassing, where spiritual language or practices are used to sidestep pain or [accountability](/knowledge/accountability) — but in this case, it happens through politics._" "_Political bypassing replaces [vulnerability](/knowledge/vulnerability) with ideology —it makes us sound aware while keeping us disconnected._" "_[Accountability](/knowledge/accountability) became theoretical, and [compassion](/knowledge/compassion) conditional._"