Turns out one of them was actively bleeding

Pretty 💖

Stealing this marshmallow garnish for my small town cocktail bar immediately

At every step, the liberal insitutionalists insist that the only valid means of resistance is the rotten husk of their institutions.

Anyone who tries to stop fascism using non-instutionally-approved means will be lectured, scolded, pacified, and — ultimately — violently suppressed by the state. 11/

It feels like this

I am continually surprised by my straightness like this can’t be real

Absolutely - the gesture being made in a bad attempt at edgy humor does not make it any less inappropriate.

Everyone was angry and uncomfortable to some degree or another. I would have said something if the regular hadn’t, but it was a very tense and complicated interaction. He claimed to hate Nazis and was just making fun, but I agree with my friend, the display was unnecessary and triggering.

Varied. Some fell silent. Lots of wide eyed glances at me (bartender) to confirm that it was uncomfortable. A Native friend of mine who is a regular there spoke up first and said “you don’t need to do that here” and the Polish guy was defensive, played dumb even, but backed down eventually.

Bartending at the fall of the American empire is a tricky business