The Alt-Right Playbook: I Hate Mondays

I find it truly terrifying how the best way to bond with people you see 8 hours a day is casually state how we all don't want to be here.

To me, this is the problem I always associate with School bullying. Me: "I keep getting bullied, and I want it to stop." Them: "Bullying is a fact of life. I got bullied, and it sucked. Now you're getting bullied. Quit whining." Me: "But wouldn't it be better if nobody got bullied?" Them: "Yes, but everybody does, so get over it." I hate this mindset, and it's especially galling to see it come from parents, teachers, and even fellow victims of bullying. There is nothing inevitable about a kid collaring you in the school locker room, shoving you into a closet, punching you until you think you've been stabbed, turning the light out and locking the door behind him. I know it's fashionable, on the internet, to pretend like you're not emotional, you're a creature of pure, cold logic. The worst thing you can do on the internet is write a rant, because that means you're upset - and if you're upset, you must therefore be wrong. But bullying did real damage to me as a child, and I never want anybody to experience what I went through. There was nothing useful learned by being threatened with a knife, or having a door closed on my hands, or having friends ushered away from me like I was a leper. It didn't make me a better person, and it didn't improve my education in any way. Damn right I'm upset. People, you are not powerless to address your problems - and I'll be damned if you tell me it's not worth my effort to try and fix them, just because you're too much of a coward. Screw that. And I will always remember the teachers who failed to help me when I needed them most. I will remember you: Unfavourably. And to my fellow "troublemakers" - more power to you, comrades. I'll see you in detention. <3

The rhetoric that goes: "why have a public healthcare system, you can't defeat death" moves on the same basis as the quote: "why have code of laws outlawing homicide, people are going to kill people either way".

"Oh god, the house is on fire!" "Not all fires are harmful." "Yeah, but this particular fire is. We need to put it out!" "Why should I? I'm not responsible for starting the fire, why should I be the one who puts it out?" "Because right now, the fire is affecting both of us! You don't have to be responsible for a mess to clean it up." "Well, maybe I just care about personal responsibility! You shouldn't be reliant on others to solve all your problems!" "We both live in this house! Right now, my problem is also your problem!" "If you don't like this house, why don't you just leave?" "Because right now, putting out the fire is easier than finding a new house!" "Even if you put out the fire, there's just gonna be another one. You can't regulate fires." "We can regulate this fire, BY EXTINGUISHING IT!" "Well, who's gonna pay for it? You aren't entitled to my labor!" "Who gives a fuck about monetary incentive? THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE!" "But not all fires are harmful!" EDIT: Guys, I do not care if you own a gun or not. Go ahead, arm yourself. Just be prepared to protect the people actually being harmed by mass shootings. You know, the people who are statistically likely to be minorities. Also this bit wasn't even about gun control. It was about white supremacy. You know who's statistically more likely to commit mass shootings? White supremacists. The fact that so many people thought I was saying "Guns are bad, nobody should have guns, we need to confiscate all guns," shows that it is IMPOSSIBLE to say anything on the internet without at least ONE person misinterpreting it, no matter how clear and concise you were.

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The entire war on drugs was about punishing the wicked rather than reducing drug use.

To put this Monday issue into a medical context: Doctor: ok you got a problem, it's serious but it's treatable. But you need to follow a stepped medical procedure. It's not going to be easy and I cannot guarantee success but statistically it's the best shot we have Patient: nah, too difficult. I am dying anyway. The quack: I got a solution, this all cure tonic will solve your problems and grant you immortality, no fuzz no muzz. How does it work ? Oh nevermind that, just pay me. Patient: holy smokes, I am sold. Doctor:, are you fcking kidding me.

This gave me a sudden understanding of my father. Ever since he and my brother started turning really radical-reactionary (2016-ish? Mostly the Trump boom spilling over into Canada, I think.) he's been obsessed with constantly subjecting himself to material riling him up into irrationality over things he finds 'evil', but seemingly incapable of any real desire to change things for the better or avert or mitigate evil, only punish it. In fact, it's seemed that "change" is on his list of things he finds 'evil', with how he spits the word 'activist' in the same way he does 'communist' or 'liberal', as interchangeable signifiers of evil otherness.

"You don't hate Mondays; you hate capitalism."

"Talking about school leads to talking about-" Ah, the educational system? "-safety drills, and talking about safety drills leads to talking about gun control". Oh, I forgot. This is about the US.

God. I'll never understand how people can go their whole lives treating the world like it's a waiting room for their specific appointment. No wonder the world gets so fucked.

Fun fact: not even Monday is a fact of life. You can break your week into two smaller parts, with a one day long weekend inbetween, and many find this weekly routine less exhausting. You can defeat Monday! As long as you belive it's possible, and try it.

"The conservative thinks about people dying of illnesses, school shootings, and backalley abortions the way you think about Mondays." As someone who lives with diehard conservatives, this is so true.

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings." - Ursula Le Guin

"The way nature deals with a pandemic..." I think you wrote this line under the assumption that this would be a compelling argument against the "what's natural is right mindset" God, how bad it's gotten

My dad said something similar during the year of covid, his exact words were "The bleeding heart liberals want everyone to live!". I believe he was talking about giving immigrants medical care and vaccines. I just couldn't believe that he would say something so cruel and heartless, but then again, its easier to not see people as equals when you demonize them.

One thing about punishment: we fetishize revenge. I can't count how many times I've heard someone say they want criminals to be tortured in prison, which doesn't make the commenter look any better than the actual criminal.

theres a dutch punkband called “hang youth” and they made a song called “je haat geen maandag je haat kapitalisme” (which translates to “you dont hate mondays you hate capitalism”) and its a banger

It's weird how unchristian conservatives are while claiming they are. Helping others and not being rich are two enormous parts right there in the Bible.

"BE GAY DO CRIME!" Well, if you insist.