Refusing to Belong

There's an element of belonging that cedes power to those who may exclude. Some skirt the margins, happier to avoid the risk of rejection. Some, though, choose to avoid the indignity of even allowing the vote. Different motivations for a similar isolation.
I sense a glimmer of positive in the latter assertion of power. A inviolable sense of self that will not cooperate with the group's capacity to judge fit. Though its outworking has the ironic effect of cementing one's isolation, it has the soundness of an internal discernment against potential group abuse.