Am I the asshole for being insistant about "wanting to murder the entire Romanov family"?
Around 4 months ago I was invited to see the school musical "Anastasia" by some theater kids that were friends of mine. I already knew the framing and content of the play is utter reactionary nonsense, but I decided to actually go yesterday night to watch to support my buddies.
The musical itself had good production quality, and there were some great unintentionally funny moments in there, too. I was dissapointed that the one communist didn't brutally blow Anastasia's brains out, but I definitely think the play gave me some resolve and inspires violence in me.
Anyway here is the main part, lol. It isnt the most precise retelling of events, but generally what went down, spare the details. After the play I was chatting with a bunch of the cast, and apparently one of them heard that I would have shot the Romanov family, if I was in the position to, (which they heard from a seperate friend that is actually socialist. ) I didn't deny it, and I actually fully leaned into it. "The Romanovs had no qualms on the treatment of their people. There would be no room for abdication, no humbleness to step down, obly death, ETC..." One giggled, another person gasped, "Do you feel no sympathy for them?" My friend (who played Tzar Nicholas) asked me something like:"Would you shoot the Romanov's even if it was me?! " "No sympathy. And yes, I would shoot regardless of personal connections" and I quickly left into the crowd. Since then, my friend has been avoiding me? idk he seems not happy with me. Am I the asshole here?
Either way, I would rather be perceived as an asshole than be a liberal in content.
Well, you did basically tell your friend who just literally pretended to be Tzar Nicholas that you'd be willing to shoot them, right to their face. Haha
I would have just said something like, "I wouldn't be friends with you in the first place if that was the kind of person you were, so the question is irrelevant."
You could've been kinder to your friend, who is now either offended or scared of you (but that's kinda funny, to be honest).
But are you the asshole for insisting to kill the Romanovs? NTA!
"Thanks for not telling people you would've gone on a murder spree against the Romanov family during our time at the musical, honey. I know that took restraint."
Yeah, lol. OP could've just picked another time to go off. Real life isn't hexbear. (unfortunately) I can't go around saying Stalin did nothing wrong in public place filled with (what I assume are) mostly liberal people.
This is why the "look, this is just a shitposting forum!" defense of maximally hot takes has always rung hollow to me. Everyone spends a ton of time online these days, and if you say something all day every day online long enough, eventually at least a sliver of it is going to come out in real life. Maybe it's in a conversation like this, maybe it's after a beer or two.
Yeah, it would've been smarter to make your case explaining what kind of society the Tsar upheld and represented
I think my friend is more offended/annoyed at me. I probably should have rejected the question, or explained myself better. But we're beyond that now, lol 😅