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2026-07-31 18:28 UTC
@marick@mstdn.social I suppose in your example that is entirely true - although, perhaps the normies were in fact less shocked than assumed by what I now presume to be cyborg-like outfits.
In my youthful skater days I figured myself a very rebellious spirit , only to later learn that plenty of “normies” had had far more exhilarating lifes long before I had been born, or were simply not at all impressed with rebellion or Sick Ollies.
This to say that I think you are at least partially correct.
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@telepyleia@infosec.exchange 2026-07-31 18:38
@marick@mstdn.social I wasn’t really thinking of in group / out group when I wrote my snarky post. That’s a valid / valuable distinction. In retrospect I suppose my point was more that 1 - not all protest needs to immediately cause large, structural social or mindset changes 2 - having fun is a legitimate and effective activity because Terrible People tend to be distinctly Not Fun 3 - I get a little annoyed by cynical responses to idealistic but well meant but not counter productive efforts to protest because if it’s not detrimental to whatever cause it is we’re supporting I think we need to be nice about it 3a) partially because maybe their in group is different than mine or yours