Honestly, I don't trust anyone who doesn't find stuff like the Pledge of Allegiance or the bombastic jingoism of the Fourth of July at least a little creepy.

But a lot of people -- cis-het white people specifically -- have internalized so much of this stuff as "normal" that political discussions are derailed by having to convince them that things are already bad for other people and that it's been happening for years.

"We have to fight fascism!"

Yes, but you don't even know what fascism looks like.

It's been here for a while. It just wasn't threatening you.

@punishmenthurts @gwynnion Soap in mouth too.
It's not like I'm going to get drug tested in 6th grade when I say the teach put some nasty liquid in my mouth for not speaking "appropriately"

Tasted like the nasty versions of envelope adhesive. Some part of me never stopped wondering if that liquid put in my mouth was actual liquid envelope adhesive.

@punishmenthurts Thank you Lama.

I think I finally get it. Took me ?? many years to get to this point to really truly understand why some autistics say, I'm like a canary in a coal mine, but instead of canary, I'm autistic. Instead of coal mine, the Earth.

Born with an innate sense to be against fascism. We have our nature beat out of us, brainwashed out of us, denied so hard we kill ourselves, or become a super fascist (EG Elon Musk).

PDA Bad? I dont think so. PDA pathologizes antifacism imo