In a confusing story emerging from Phoenix, AZ, 27-year-old self-proclaimed “tell it like it is”-type of guy Pierson Miller has no problem saying every slur under the sun, but has drawn a hard line at being called “weird.”
“It’s just such a rude and callous thing to say about someone,” Piers
As I have stated on multiple occasions, I am not a Republican. I am just not voting. A third of eligible voters did this in 2020, and even a higher percentage did not do this in 2016. Are they all republicans also?
If you believe the fight against fascism makes a person good and courageous, than you already know that you are making a mistake to not join the fight.
Oh that's another thing. I'm Jewish. A huge amount of the people most vocal about fighting facism expressed support for Hamas (not Palestine) after October 7th. Hamas is a totalitarian regime with the explicit goal of wiping out Jews worldwide. In areas with strong progressive local governance, violence against Jews has been handwaved away.
I would not want to do any sort of fighting alongside those people. They scare me.
Thinking you're a bad person is not the same as calling you a bad person. Laying out evidence which may lead someone to think you are a bad person is not the same as calling you a bad person.
That's the conclusion most people are going to reach when someone tells them, "I've decided to stay home because the democrats are calling the fascists weird." You made your decision. At least have the courage to own it.
For so long I've put up with so much toxicity, both online and IRL, because I was worried not doing so would make me a bad person. I'm not doing that anymore. Idk if that's courage, but it does feel liberating.