Nobody is willing to even entertain the idea that West isn't Best. Suggesting that whitey shouldn't rule the world is received as if you'd advocated cannibalism, and you will be condescended to and treated like an ignorant child even as they make it clear they know much less than you do about the subject at hand, if not outright ejected from the community. It's not just bots and manufacturing consent, either - it happens to me in real life just as easily as it happens online.
Anyone who isn't unconditionally anti-NATO and anti-American hegemony is a white supremacist. No exceptions.
Love this place, though. I think I'd go crazy if it wasn't for you guys. Glad I have somewhere to get this off my chest :soviet-heart:
Two days ago I showed my great aunt and uncle my hammer and sickle tattoo not realizing they’re republicans and I would do it exactly the same if I had known. I think they knew what side would’ve won out if they tried to get into it lol
What was the response? Shock horror?
“Oh!” and moving back to talking about my microscope tattoo saying it’s cool because “It means something to you” even though I got that from a flash sheet and the rat with the hammer and sickle I got to commemorate starting grad school is the one that means something lmao
I mixed those relatives up with a different great aunt and uncle my mom had talked about who are “capital D Democrats” so that’s what I thought the situation I was in was, and the only things they said the whole night that cued me in on anything different was I mentioned that I really like Seattle and she made some comments about homeless people that made me raise my eyebrow but nothing that was a blaring alarm.
Like, it seemed like the vibe she was giving was “the homeless problem in Seattle is bad because I am exposed to homeless people (which it probably was) but she didn’t say anything explicit that couldn’t be explained as “the homeless problem in Seattle is bad because human beings are being forced to live on the street and deserve homes” but I instantly shut it down with “Yeah, the housing cost there has really gotten out of hand, they need to deal with that” and I feel like she may have fought me in a different situation but knew the rest of the room would back me up
The tattoo in question