@DanFmTo@doctorow 2 novels that change 14 yr old's life: Lord of the Rings & Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy engendering a obsession with unbelievable heroes, leading to emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with real world. The other, involves orcs.
@jonrog1
"so yeah, uh, hey, bro, i made a transformers movie based on how we have different worldviews and you're the megatron in it"
thanksgiving's gonna be rough
This is the exact same playbook used against trans women.
You look too masculine for my liking? You're a man.
You made yourself look more Femme? Clearly overcompensating, you're a man.
There's no winning, as the aim isn't logic, it's goalposts shifted to harm.
"Share our distrust and fear of the future" You fucking said it man, not only are the sea levels rising, minorities being persecuted and multiple active genocides taking place, there's also a bunch of fascists everywhere!
You watched "The Hunger Games" and sided with the resistance.
You watched "Star Wars" and sided with the resistance.
You watched "The Matrix" and sided with the resistance.
You watched "Divergent" and sided with the resistance.
You watched "V for Vendetta" and sided with the resistance.
When it's fiction you understand. Yet you refuse to see it when it's the reality you're living in.
Wild.