(11-12-2023, 08:55 AM)Freija Wrote: Okay, here is more of where I’m coming from with my comments…
My perspective is this is an isolated and relatively insignificant incident magnified and amplified out of proportion by conservative right-wing media and although unfortunate the holiday isn’t appreciated for what it is, this story is literally little more than bias confirming clickbait propaganda to rile up conservative with fear the sky is falling and that we’re all doomed and apparently it is working pretty well.
As part of a minority where this tactic is widely employed antagonistically - broad brush painting the actions a few to denigrate an entire demographic by using fear and hysteria is something I am especially sensitive to so when I see it used in other situations it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Some people let their emotions be played like a fiddle and some even go out of their way to find things to be triggered about and all I have to say is maybe stop making yourself so miserable and getting bent out of shape by manipulative internet bullshit that’s beyond your ability to influence or change anyway and try being happy for once.
The problem that perhaps your not seeing is that most of us spent years seeing one thing after the other go from an isolated incident to widespread very quickly, and very destructively over the last decade to decade and a half.
When we see something and think well that's insane so no sane person would ever support such a thing or do such a thing so we ignored it next thing we know it's real, it's suddenly widespread, and come to a neighborhood near us.
So now yeah, jump up and down and holler at the first sign, maybe then you can stop it before it's too late. It's about being aware what the extremists are trying to throw at us next in order to create a defensive block.
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