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Nov. 27th, 2022 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kradeelavone thread and one shorter post crossposted from my nsfw twitter (as I periodically delete those).
both somewhat on the topic of thought crime discourse, taboo art, and a warning to younger folks given my past background ..
this goes into some deeply personal territory I'm not going to talk about online, but fundamentalism is not just a right-wing thing. I see quite a lot of fundamentalism from left-wing circles, right down to that concept of Sin. it's just slightly repackaged (even shame...)
I've talked about how I used to be a typical fundie neo-con. the biggest mental break came from the realization that I had not *agreed* to that original Sin. I was damned for doing *what*? nothing? damned before birth? it's a subtle tool for gaining unilateral mental control.
(mind, I don't believe throwing the baby out with the bathwater with religion. but that's [gestures at a million miles from here]. Faith has gotta be accepted with sincerity. this wasn't it.)
since then, i have paid close attention to people who start attempting that type of control (it often comes from where you least expect it from. causes that morph from a good one into mob rule, former friends, authorities who nudge you into doing The Right Thing, etc).
if there is one takeaway: pay attention to the power dynamics in your life. those who *seek control* over you and who/what you interact with rarely have good intentions.
I need younger folks to realize that taboo art is very often an act of resistance and survival for folks who are closeted, to this day.
both somewhat on the topic of thought crime discourse, taboo art, and a warning to younger folks given my past background ..
this goes into some deeply personal territory I'm not going to talk about online, but fundamentalism is not just a right-wing thing. I see quite a lot of fundamentalism from left-wing circles, right down to that concept of Sin. it's just slightly repackaged (even shame...)
I've talked about how I used to be a typical fundie neo-con. the biggest mental break came from the realization that I had not *agreed* to that original Sin. I was damned for doing *what*? nothing? damned before birth? it's a subtle tool for gaining unilateral mental control.
(mind, I don't believe throwing the baby out with the bathwater with religion. but that's [gestures at a million miles from here]. Faith has gotta be accepted with sincerity. this wasn't it.)
since then, i have paid close attention to people who start attempting that type of control (it often comes from where you least expect it from. causes that morph from a good one into mob rule, former friends, authorities who nudge you into doing The Right Thing, etc).
if there is one takeaway: pay attention to the power dynamics in your life. those who *seek control* over you and who/what you interact with rarely have good intentions.
I need younger folks to realize that taboo art is very often an act of resistance and survival for folks who are closeted, to this day.
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Date: 2022-11-28 01:00 am (UTC)As a formerly uber-religious person, I've had to watch myself on letting that sort of fundamentalism slip into my now more left-leaning views. definitely something that has happened before to me, and something I've had to keep an eye on myself for. leaving one cultural group and sliding into another doesn't change years of thinking one way. the patterns are still there. my guess'd be this is why especially in younger queer circles with newly realized folks, you tend to see a lot of this sort of thing, but that's just a guess based on my own growth/change. i still have to keep an eye on myself, but I'd like to think it gets easier with time.
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Date: 2022-11-28 06:36 pm (UTC)though, it's interesting - of the ex-fundie taboo artists/creatives, it feels like we have a slightly sturdier inoculation against some of the more restrictive views, especially since we've "seen" how they're wielded, how it affects each other, etc. just hoping the same for young folks. ;a;