Awooest Mawr @mawr@awoo.space

@Soreth @starkatt *investigates*

oh yeah. Yeah yeah yeah yeah!!! This is a place I need to visit. :3

Wanna mob it together some night soon?

@Soreth @starkatt Bah. All of us should have all the feesh. :9

Do either of you know of a good sushi place here? I haven't found any that I've been particularly impressed by, yet. It's one thing that seems to be more abundant in the SF Bay.

@Soreth @starkatt I like this plan except maybe it should be mawr who gets the sushi. :D

@starkatt But.. can't we just accept one another as having valid if divergent opinions about this particular subset of sustenance?

...if not, might I suggest thrown pillows at high noon.

@starkatt Huh! I'm the exact opposite. :3

@vahnj @thefishcrow (I grew up in Minnesota)

@thefishcrow @vahnj Ahahahahaa MILWAUKEE'S BEAST

@IrisKalmia What I _am_ saying is that people who try to understand the narratives of others are doing important work to bridge the gaps between divergent narratives, and that work should not be dismissed as a whole simply because it involves engaging with things our narratives inform us to define as "problematic."

Consensus is built from conversation, and conversation requires both give and take.

@IrisKalmia Everything I've ever read about The Satanic Bible before and since has only focused on the negative aspects of that book, but that fucking text changed my life.

It didn't make me a satanist, but it did change my view of the movement and the people involved because I could understand a bit more of their narrative-- the way they understand themselves and the world around them.

Now, I'm not saying Nazis are people we should build compassion with by any means.

@IrisKalmia I got three pages in, and I was hooked. The Satanic Bible is a text about self-acceptance and the true meaning of loving one's self. It's not presented in that context, of course-- but that's what I took away from it. The message it spoke to me was clear and deeply needed in my life at that time. It was:

"You are a human being. You are flawed. You have thoughts you don't like to admit to having, and that's OK. You are beautiful and worthy of love just as you are."

@IrisKalmia I have a story that doesn't correlate to Mein Kampf but it does provide some context here for why I take the position I take.

When I was in high school, I chose to read The Satanic Bible. I did this intentionally as a way to make the devout Christians who ran my school as uncomfortable as I could; to give them a taste of their own medicine. I knew I'd be reading a bunch of BS and that it'd be an unpleasant read because of what I'd learned about Satanism from Christians.

@IrisKalmia You are allowed to feel the way you feel, and nothing anyone says will change that. Your feelings are yours and are not subject to mine or anyone's opinions.

If someone is seriously demanding that you read Mein Kampf, you might ask yourself what the consequences are for choosing not to. If it's just that they won't consider your argument until you do, is it really so important that they agree with you here? There can be other battles, you needn't die on that hill.