"Eventually these dipshits will lose and they'll all try to go back to pretending to be model citizens or some gross shit, but it's just fucking this was everywhere right now. We learned about nazis. We all agreed nazis were bad, but a barely veiled group all did a special nod and said, yeah but we'll do it better next time."
"right now. We learned about nazis. We all agreed nazis were bad, but a barely veiled group all did a special nod and said, yeah but we'll do it better next time. These are people I grew up with. Teachers, bosses, community members that you would have wanted to know in the past. This will eventually turn. We'll get to the other side of this"
Anger and disgust are directed at individuals who tacitly support extremist ideologies. A once-universal agreement that Nazis are wrong has frayed as a barely veiled group signals approval and intent to improve upon past violence. Familiar community figures—teachers, bosses, and neighbors—are implicated in this shift. The phenomenon feels widespread and immediate. Confidence persists that these extremists will ultimately be defeated and that many will attempt to resume appearances of respectability. There is an expectation that the situation will eventually reverse and that recovery and return to normalcy will follow.
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