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This post makes me realize that masking is the thing I've spent the bulk of my life defiantly refusing.
I mean, it's also why some people like me. And why some people like me at first but eventually wander off when they run into people that don't like that I'm not willing to pretend to be someone else.
But it also means I speak my mind and am seldom surprised when someone who says heinously authoritarian shit turns out to be a jerk. And it means that sometimes I see manipulation that some people seem to go out of their way not to see, which makes me gravitate away from people that other people seem to get sucked in by.
Personally, I'd rather be willing to say what I see than to tiptoe around polite fictions that ultimately cause us more trouble than they're worth. Even if it means some people who would rather bite their tongues forever don't really like me.