I haven't listened to the TrueAnon episode in question but between this, the TrueAnon twitter profile having ace/aro in its profile as an apparent joke, and the "be normal" mantra, the pod gives me definite social conservative vibes.

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I guess the problem with that definition is that "extremely off-putting" varies a lot between people. I don't find vegans off-putting at all, I think that's a perfectly normal thing to choose to be, but there are a lot of people in America who get extremely angry when a person tells them they're vegan. That shouldn't be on the vegan, that should be on the person getting unreasonably angry.

I guess what I'm saying is that I agree in spirit that we shouldn't drag interminably online BS into the real world, but I think the "be normal" mantra is unhelpful and can be easily twisted in an antisocial direction, and I think that as we see in the linked post it can get used to smuggle in widely held conservative reactionary opinions without examining them.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think "be normal" is basically a way of saying "in order to be a successful leftist, you need to be able to function well in groups and communities, and you need to be able to relate well to the average person." Like, look at this story about Trotsky- this is why Stalin won out over Trotsky, because he was more "normal." You can't imagine Mao or Castro acting towards regular people like Trotsky. Trotsky was weird. Don't act like that.

[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

Be normal doggirl-growl

Don't be like Trotsky doggirl-thumbsup