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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/114030067414750521">Jules (afewbugs@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 19:56:48 JST</a><a href="https://social.coop/@afewbugs" title="afewbugs@social.coop"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/149160-48-20230714112109.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Jules" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Jules</a></section><article><p>Thinking about this excellent thread <a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114029855409119327" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114029855409119327</a> and why it's so hard to challenge racist family members, because honestly this is a problem I've had - I find it far easier to challenge strangers, colleagues and friends than I do family, and I wonder if some musings on why would help other people who are the same.</p><p>1/🧵</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4592303#notice-8990196">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-02-19T19:56:48+09:00" title="Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 19:56:48 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://social.coop/@afewbugs/114030067414750521" rel="external" title="Sent from social.coop via ActivityPub">social.coop</a></span></span><a href="https://social.coop/@afewbugs/114030067414750521">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114029855409119327">JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized (@jwcph@helvede.net)</a></h5><div> from <span>JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized</span></div></header><div>Feels like somebody needs to explain this, so I'll try: You know the "racist family member" trope? That's why we have Trump &amp; all the other extreme-rightwing problems in the world. Yes, really.Tropes exist because they spark recognition; when you use one, everybody knows what you mean, probably from personal experience. The "racist family member" experience everyone recognizes isn't just that of knowing such a person - it's being at a social gathering with them, having them 🧵 1/</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Jules (afewbugs@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 19:56:48 JST Jules
Thinking about this excellent thread https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114029855409119327 and why it's so hard to challenge racist family members, because honestly this is a problem I've had - I find it far easier to challenge strangers, colleagues and friends than I do family, and I wonder if some musings on why would help other people who are the same.
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  Feels like somebody needs to explain this, so I'll try: You know the "racist family member" trope? That's why we have Trump & all the other extreme-rightwing problems in the world. Yes, really. Tropes exist because they spark recognition; when you use one, everybody knows what you mean, probably from personal experience. The "racist family member" experience everyone recognizes isn't just that of knowing such a person - it's being at a social gathering with them, having them 🧵 1/

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