“I’m not a political activist,” she maintained. “I’m just a normal college student who thinks this law is wrong.”
  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    79·
    2 months ago

    I’m still stuck on what she said. It’s extremely USAmerican to say, “I’m not a political activist,” and then do political activism.

    • Nacarbac [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      36·
      2 months ago

      Big part of liberalism. Create a false division of “political” and “private”, where to be political is icky and taboo and has nothing to do with the task of human coexistance, and being a private individual is cool and fun and allows you to be a small god within your dominion.