#militaryagemale — Public Fediverse posts
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As a former #MilitaryAgeMale during the declaration and execution of the #GlobalWarOnTerror, you, me, and all of us are thisclose to being declared “domestic terrorists.”
Hear me now.
Believe me later.
My $0.02.
Your mileage will not vary.
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As an #American #MilitaryAgeMale who has been #ExtremelyOnline since #Usenet, I have some experience with people using shibboleths to say one thing as cover for something else, either towards me, but mainly the entire category of The Others™.
I’m familiar with how quickly “otherization” occurs, how shibboleths concretize, and how the worst people weaponize them effectively.
Ask me how I know.
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The subconscious understanding and placement of the term #MilitaryAgeMale is a somewhat useful #shibboleth
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As a #MilitaryAgeMale #American, I have lots of experience condemning terrorists because I was viewed by my own people and state as an enemy combatant.
There is a rich history in this country of viewing certain bodies as implicit threats.
In fact, I have so much experience, it developed my worldview of #RadicalHumanism.
Terrorists hate it.
Turns out the feeling is mutual.
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As someone who was a #MilitaryAgeMale on and after 9/11, the expressed sentiment by everyday Israelis to support indiscriminately eliminating every military-age male Palestinian is both vaguely traumatizing and also a conflict with my #CoreValues of #RadicalHumanism.