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   pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 18:17:34 JST pettter

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   • Siph :siph:‍:bzh:

   @Siph Smug liberals and teenagers are, unfortunately, both groups that'll strike out at leftists and people perceived as outside the norm occasionally no matter what we do.

   Anyone who understands the underlying dynamics will get that fascists would _never_ call themselves weird.

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     Siph :siph:‍:bzh: (siph@meemu.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 18:17:35 JST Siph :siph:‍:bzh:

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     all in all maybe it’s not that big of a deal? I just hope smug liberals or social media teenagers don’t come at me like "why do you identify with fascists" for calling myself weird

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     Siph :siph:‍:bzh: (siph@meemu.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 18:17:36 JST Siph :siph:‍:bzh:

     I understand the "weird" strategy actually work but I don’t like the underlying ideology and implications of "weird" being "bad". I’m not a fascist or a conspiracy theorist but I’m certainly not "normal". I’m "weird" and I like to take pride in it. What’s that gonna look like when it successfully and irrevocably being associated with republicans (misogynists, fascists, eugenicists, white supremacists?), what will "keep furry weird" look like?

     I’m not normal and I’m never going to be so I’d rather be my weird self. But I don’t want to be in the same bag as them.

     It’s like they actually listened to the advice of "don’t call your political adversaries racists" and decided to call them sexual deviants instead. But you know, many people still consider queer people that.

     Idk if I’m articulating this well but hopefully you see what I mean