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Yo -- The Far Left And Far Right BOTH Suck, Dogg
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Extremes are bad.

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Ted Bauer
Mar 26, 2024
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I deleted Facebook sometime in late January and haven’t been back since. I probably should have done that in 2015, but it took me a while to get around to hitting that particular ball. I’m slow. What can I say?

When I was back on Facebook, probably around 2019 or so, I posted something like: “What is the point of pronouns in a work context? What is the end goal?” I am sure with the benefit of hindsight, I was doing this to vaguely “drive engagement” or have people notice me or some other ridiculous bullshit. And if I remember this long-ago post correctly, I believe it got 15–20 comments. One of them stood out. Rather than answering the question (as other commentors did), an affluent mom who lives near me responded:

“Google it, you fat fuck.”

Indeed. And honestly, when I Googled it? I didn’t learn much. Some vague references to “inclusion” and “support” and “allyship,” with those terms subsequently not really defined.

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