Apparently Second Thought did an AMA on hexbear. The answers are...
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I don't know if I'm allowed to link directly, so I will just list the most delusional responses. "The US is a pseudo fascist police state." "If...

least bloodthirsty radlib

some interesting posts they've made:

"Would [writing] a torture scene be too gratuitous?"

"[My] main antagonist Samantha is Pure Evil. She is incredibly sadistic, and believes that she has a right to rule over humanity due to her being a demon. She has similar powers to Superman, with the addition of shapeshifting and a healing factor. What I am also trying to do is make her funny, like the Joker"

  • edge [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    A facist [sic] state wouldn’t let you say that second thought

    I hate this argument so much. Freedom to express dissent means jack shit when said dissent is small enough to be non-threatening. The US as it is now wouldn't let him say that if he was organizing a massive movement. He'd have the FBI on his ass. Literally they did it to MLK just for saying poor people maybe shouldn't be poor. They literally sent him blackmail telling him to kill himself. And when he didn't, they did it.

    • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      also the fbi literally did show up at JT's door and try to threaten him lol

      • edge [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Damn that goes hard.

        They probably got away with it because the whole show is conspiracy theories and sci-fi. Most people watching probably thought it was just another insane conspiracy theory.

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        Dude I recently rewatched all 14 seasons and that show is way more based than I remember (granted I watched it as a kid but I was a pretty based kid)