• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    By doing this the only shame becomes nuance and self reflection. Feeling guilty, becomes being a buzzkill. It becomes socially reinforcing. You can’t be bad because if you’re bad all your loved ones are bad and they’ll judge you for ruining their fun or hate you we not being sufficiently committed to the cause

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      10 months ago

      Exactly, the point is to isolate their supporters and strengthen their cult.