• milk_thief [it/its]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    I think my gripe is that Bigotry isnt “weird”. that is such an understatement. Bigotry is hostile to human life and progress.

    it’s puzzling that we even think we have to join the KH-TW battle against Trump. I don’t think they went out saying “we are the normal ones against the left and right weirdos” but I really doubt they would not resort to all the nasty dogwhisles if a genuine left challenge emerged. Like remember Bernie Sanders and the borderline antisemitic depictions of him rubbing his hand, next to money etc etc (this isnt an endorsement of BS). I think liberal populism is not straight out to stigmatize queer and nd people right now at the moment with the “weird” slogan, but I think they wouldnt hesitate a moment if leftists/minorities actually challenge their power - if that makes sense? At the very least it doesnt challenge power in a meaningful way and I find it dismal people jump on the “weird” bandwagon and hitch themselves to this by defending this shit.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      I think my gripe is that Bigotry isnt “weird”.

      Agreed there. Bigotry is a threat to civilization and life itself, and on top of that it is also dreadfully normalized and has been such a norm in the United States that Hitler himself was taking notes on how bigotry was done at a systemic level for his own project.