Progressives in fandoms have been ringing the warning bells for YEARS about the surge in conservative behaviour in fan spaces.
Nobody took us seriously bc it's "just silly fandom" but fun fact, the views people express when enjoying their hobbies will eventually get to the polls
sorry to be this person but the tweets are starting. please do not leave minorities in red states behind , you have no idea how hard we fight every single day to win against gerrymandering and undemocratic supermajorities. every day is an uphill battle we cannot win w/o community
Watching Gen Z men veer right hits different for Millennials. We lived through Columbine, 9/11, the Iraq War, 2008 crash, 2016 election, covid, abortion bans, & now this. We watched institutions repeatedly fail us while older generations selfishly protected the status quo. 🧵1/
“close the borders, we’re tired of felons walking into this country”
motherfucker you just elected one as the goddamn president of the united states of america
It was obvious, from the second Gen Z got vocal online, that they were wildly conservative. They yearn to police each other and be puritanical. Watch out for Gen Alpha, cause it’ll only get worse when they can vote. We are cooked.