Do people not realize that they can just, like, shut the fuck up about trans people and talk about the thing they actually want to talk about?
I appreciate this question. A lot of the hardline, very deliberately abrasive stances I adopt on this stuff are specifically in retaliation to the American right's moral panics and fetish for playing culture cop. They could stop at literally any time (But they won't, thus I won't).
Why would I concede on trans issues and just let them walk over me like that? This shit does affect me personally.
As for "each side convinced that the other is trying not just to run the government but also to capture the state", not for nothing - We know for sure that multiple parties within the right are trying to pull some shit. Look at the New Apostolic Reformation crowd and the whole "seven mountains mandate" thing they have going on.
Honestly one of these days I'd like to see one of these doohickeys be an actual refresh of the original hardware. Not really an economical or low-effort angle to take, but hell, you can still get Z80 (and their successors) pretty cheap.
Mao Z.O.E.dong
I'm gonna personally beat everyone's ass if we're just caving to the right on this shit. I am not handing it to Bush Jr., Bush Jr. voters, or any of the other fuckers who've come since
I have a Gradius (A foundational 1985 shoot 'em up released to arcades by Konami)
I wonder how long we've got until one of these Offputting YouTuber that emerged from the aether fully formed with an army of child-to-tween fans type guys kicks off a regional-scale nuclear war
There was never a good reason to resist fear. Better to let it have me.
Misremembered. (Oops)
Unreal Tournament 2004, a mid-'00s deathmatch staple
To be fair, western civilization falling sounds merciful given the track record