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using my one monthly Opinion pass 2 say that i think we need to make leftism more conducive to jokes. meme pages on the internet are overwhelmingly right wing and its a really insidious way of drawing kids and teens into that kind of stuff, and in response i think we need to lower our standards a little? if high school kids are gonna shout popular meme phrases at each other id much rather it be ‘trans rights!’ than a straight up slur

this is exactly the kind of thing i think we need to stop doing ! do you think the 12-14 year olds spouting racist and homophobic rhetoric actually mean any of it? of course not! that isnt the point! the point is to popularise and normalise it enough that adults who DO mean it can approach these kids under the guise of funny memes and radicalise them very easily. i think we need to adapt to the current situation which means accepting and encouraging ironic leftism, because god knows conservatives are counting on us not to