Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

@mynameistillian so maybe don't validate to them their idea that some people are inherently lesser and that we all secretly agree with them on that? maybe don't tell them that their enemies are a threat to them because of biological advantages? maybe don't reinforce their idea that eugenics is necessary to control the racialized other and to strengthen their white in-group?

show them that they suck *because of their own actions*, that they have no excuse of race or biology

@mynameistillian to point out that they fall short of their own standards does nothing. hell, a huge chunk of modern nazis are incels who define themselves through self-hatred. they feel entitled to be superior by right of blood and are angry that they aren't, like this was denied to them. 'race realists' will often say black people are stronger, asians are smarter, etc, dispite believing that white people are the most valuable. this is bc other races are seen as threats

@mynameistillian if you can't tear them down verbally without resorting to ableism then you just don't have the rhetorical skill to pick that fight

besides, it's a misapprehension that nazis believe themselves to be inherently genetically superior. the aryan race was a mythical extinct race the nazis sought to rebuild through ugenics, with themselves as the start point. they believe that supremacy was already stolen from them through race-mixing

@mynameistillian what it is is an obstinate refusal to learn, to be better, to accept the reality of living in a society as a member of a social species. it's pathetic

and fuck that person you're talking about. goddamn it is not 'weak' to not accept and reinforce the hateful rhetoric of our enemies. we don't call nazis inbred r-slurs, we punch them in the face

you can be as savage as you want with them but if your only idea for how is to adopt their language then you're lost

@mynameistillian i dislike calling such behaviour childish, even though i share that compulsion, because frankly kids can be amazing, thoughtful and moral people. Where they fail is generally from having unmet needs causing them to 'act out', getting bad guidance from the adults in their lives and a general lack of experience

it feels so natural to call the behaviour of the worst people childish because it's shockingly immature, but it's not childish - it's something worse

Trans kids often lack family support. Home can be a hostile environment; they may be in the care system. Found family is one way of talking about alternative support networks but family doesn’t work for everyone - care networks, sibling networks, queer community… there are many ways to talk about the same basic needs

In practical terms this can mean offering quiet spaces to study, or opportunities to cook and be cooked for. Kids in care aren’t allowed to cook in their accommodation and don’t have many opportunities to acquire the skills. Or just a chance to regularly spend time with adults who’ll make space for them and listen. Regular contact and a stable routine is important