Really good figure summarizing the paper’s findings

Fascists don’t like vulnerability and earnestness, which is what theater kids have in spades. And God knows it’s a safe space for so many LGBTQ kids. It was for me.

Debate kids, on the other hand, are all about winning.

This family is not to blame, btw. They did everything right! Mom was vaccinated. But we are losing herd immunity, which protects little babies!

If you don’t hate where we are for EVERYONE, you don’t disagree with what’s happening. You just want to change the targets.

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Yes, if you're always hysterical, if you have one glib answer for everything ("He has dementia," "He's a Russian asset," etc), you'll sound silly and people will stop listening. But looking at 2015-25, the "This is REALLY BAD" journos were right 90% of the time. The "calm down" crew? Mostly wrong.

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And if a voice in your head pipped up 'what about genocides?'

Chattel slavery IS genocide. And you have much learning and work to do.