Do you remember the moment that radicalized you against modern day fascism?
Watching America's reaction to 9/11 probably did it for me, it was jarring seeing so many adults turns against Muslim folks and lose their fucking minds all at once.
@BlackAzizAnansi I wonder what it's like to see something like 9/11 and beyond being sad, and being angry at the people who did it and even scared you also have this other alien sense of being wronged in a way that "your USA" was not meant to be wronged. that... other layer... It was scary
@futurebird @BlackAzizAnansi during 9/11 was very alienating for me. watching americans driving around with their flags demanding god bless them, reading about middle eastern cultures and history... made me realize i was not an american, not even european. maybe the best i can settle for is new york city, alas too much concrete for me.
@barrygoldman1 @futurebird @BlackAzizAnansi For what its worth, I'm a white person. I know the names of my distant ancestors who fought in the revolutionary war. I'm just about as American as you can be but people driving around in huge trucks with "*od bless America" on the back felt pretty awful to me too. I submit that you and I ARE American. It's the christian nationalists extremists that aren't Americans.
@ConsoleWitch @barrygoldman1 @futurebird @BlackAzizAnansi There have always been many Americas.
@DecaturNature @barrygoldman1 @futurebird @BlackAzizAnansi a good point.
I also want to point out that I misspoke. I'm far from the most american someone can be. The people my ancestors stole the land from are much more American than me.