• Hellfire103
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    It’s terrifying that there are parents having to do this. Good advice, but terrifying.

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      She ended the article saying the family moved to Oregon.

      That is what needs to be done. Trying to prove to the Christian nationalists that you are “one of the good ones” is never going to work, and historically has never worked dealing with fascists.

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        Yup, and fascists have a long history of culling their own. Most fascist groups have the equivalent of a night of the long knives event. Absolutely nobody is safe, and doubly so if you have anything that’s different about you.

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        One might say Jews moving out of Germany in the 30s was playing into their hands. And it was, but it was also ultimately the best out of a bunch of terrible options, at least in hindsight.