Then COVID happened and you would think that it would have just normalized masking but instead it became politicized and instead of an act of public health and basic decency, it became an act of moral superiority over right wing nut jobs and not masking became a jab against liberals.

Sharp-eyed readers may note the overlaps between “gender ideology is a leftist plot to deprave the youth and molest our womenfolk”; “human rights are a Soviet/Islamist plot to sap our martial will to dominate and destroy our enemies”, and “the volk are threatened by the taint of the lesser races”.

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The Black Tri-Stars are the most obvious examples of talent show runners up. Lalah Sune is also talent show entrant coded but she was the only one to take her performance seriously. Crowley Hamon, despite being a literal professional lounge singer, is definitely the former category