Re: Magical White Supremacists from Space
Sep. 16th, 2021 08:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingI've done a lot of research into "green skin" and "lizard people" over the past few days, but antisemitism makes me uncomfortable and I don't want to dwell on it. I think that's fair.
I also think that, in the end, I shouldn't have to write and publish essays to convince people that literal Nazi propaganda is fucked up. It's fine to be skeptical, but it's also easy to find material (like this Twitter thread) through a simple Google search without having to do any reading or in-depth research.
I want to believe that most people who aren't suffering from internet brainrot will listen to someone when they say, in kindness and in good faith, that something feels a little off to them.
I guess the problem is that it can sometimes be difficult to tell who's acting in good faith. A lot of my own problems a few years ago stemmed from my attempts to talk with people who were operating in full attack mode and reaching for any weapons they could find, even if these "weapons" were entirely inappropriate to the situation. For me personally, it's important to block the haters while trusting that my friends have my best interests at heart if they disagree with me about something, and I guess all I can do is hope that people understand my character well enough to know that I wouldn't raise a concern for no other purpose than to be mean or create drama.
Nothing specific happened recently, by the way. I'm just suffering from general atmospheric malaise.
I also think that, in the end, I shouldn't have to write and publish essays to convince people that literal Nazi propaganda is fucked up. It's fine to be skeptical, but it's also easy to find material (like this Twitter thread) through a simple Google search without having to do any reading or in-depth research.
I want to believe that most people who aren't suffering from internet brainrot will listen to someone when they say, in kindness and in good faith, that something feels a little off to them.
I guess the problem is that it can sometimes be difficult to tell who's acting in good faith. A lot of my own problems a few years ago stemmed from my attempts to talk with people who were operating in full attack mode and reaching for any weapons they could find, even if these "weapons" were entirely inappropriate to the situation. For me personally, it's important to block the haters while trusting that my friends have my best interests at heart if they disagree with me about something, and I guess all I can do is hope that people understand my character well enough to know that I wouldn't raise a concern for no other purpose than to be mean or create drama.
Nothing specific happened recently, by the way. I'm just suffering from general atmospheric malaise.
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Date: 2021-09-16 07:07 pm (UTC)