I can't believe I have to say this, but:

When someone is expressing genuine remorse and emotional trauma for being tangentially associated *two decades ago* with a place that has been known as a barely covert fascist recruiting ground *explicitly aimed at recruiting those who don't know any better,* you don't get to tell them it's their fault for falling into a trap designed, built, and operated by said fascists.

I fucking know that I fucked up by staying as long as I did in that roiling bile pit.

It's not *my* goddamned fault for being preyed upon.

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@LexYeen honestly we think it says a lot about you, in positive ways, that you managed to get out of that and end up as fiercely *good* as you are now
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