Everything like me is normal. Everything not like me is political!
There are
Two genders: male and political
Two races: white and political
Two orientations: straight and political
Don't forget the two faiths: Christian and political
Why can't black people simply exist in a place I can't see them? I'm no bigot or anything. I've eaten a watermelon.
I have heard people earnestly say that shit. Also about hispanics and gays. You’d think at some point they would realize the “keep those people away from me” rhetoric is about the most snowflakey shit a person can do.
Oh my god the number of times I have heard people, in Los Angeles county, give me the 'the gays are our misfortune' speech. And I'm just sitting there with my blue hair and a pic of me with another woman as my phone background just kinda nodding. Thinking about exits and if I can get this bastards address.
Honestly biggest perk of not being cis passing is that I don’t even get that shit in rural Ohio. I’ll get the racist versions though unfortunately
"Snowflake" is, and always was, just projection. They'll never get it unfortunately
I have a guy who used to be a good friend. His wife cheated on him and it was slow move from that, to misanthropy, to his Facebook feed being a constant stream of parroting right wing outrage.
Every so often, posts about how ridiculous it is for liberals to be so outraged all the time and how fragile they are because of it. I really just want to smack him, grab him by the cheeks, forcefully turn his head so he has to read his own wall.
This may be a bit of an aside.
There are plenty of non-political games out there; games with no story, or games that are very simple, or games that are geared toward children.
Games that don't fall into those categories tend to get political because politics are closely linked to systematic oppression, which is often a hallmark of stories with emotional stakes in any medium. Lord of the Rings? Very political. Hunger Games? Very political. Dune? Very political. Star Wars? Very political. Star Trek? Very political.
So... if you want to avoid media telling you "fascism == bad" then maybe stick to Overcooked and Beat Saber.
Overcooked highlights the struggle of working in a restaurant, and anything that paints the working class as anything other than lazy freeloaders is political. /s
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