acquaintance of ours messaged us on discord and their status message is the fascist frog, they say they want to not let the fascists have it (and i believe them, they're super leftist) but it still sets off the fight-or-flight response really really strongly for us to the point that we had to take our anti-anxiety prn, and we really try to avoid having to do that
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right-wing memes, our current-but-not-fully-solidified opinions
@Felthry The fascist frog honestly isn't merely an anti-leftist symbol? It's explicitly associated with the extremely racist, ableist, transmisic, misogynistic, etc. etc. etc. alt-right
Also? Reclaiming is primarily about using a symbol that means /you/ to mean something positive (because you are worth celebrating).
I don't like it. I think it's a bad idea. (I also have no affection for Pepe, so, caveat, but still.)
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it just feels like if people are made this profoundly uncomfortable by the mere sight of a thing it would be a good idea to not have the thing in a status message that cannot be hidden
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