Stomach turning fascism
Jan. 15th, 2024 10:02 pmToday I had a strange experience. A reasonable reaction, but still quite strange nonetheless. I am not a stranger to overhearing horrible and bigoted things from my classmates. I've always been shocked by them and thought lesser of the people who said them. But today I heard something that made my body have like, a physical reaction. I think it's because it came from someone I mildly respected. I've been a bit questionable about him sometimes, because he's friends with an unhygenic, impolite, repulsive, arrogant, violent fascist but even in my suspicion I let it slide. But in recent times I've watched him transform into someone I didn't recognise. Maybe it's because I've only known him a year. But last year he was different. Today I heard him and his facho-friend yelling and chanting "Chega for life! Chega for life!!!", just completely abrupt and out of nowhere. Upon hearing this, I'm not sure what happened, but my stomach LITERALLY turned. I felt sick, like I was going to throw up. I had to sit down for a moment. I don't know. It's just scary hearing someone being so ecstatic about a fascist. To those unaware... because I know, in case anybody reads these, none of you are Portuguese, I'd assume. Chega is a portuguese far-right nationalist political party. They are fascists. They are racists. They got their motto from a dictator. They've got white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Salazar fans, etc.. They are all of those horrible things you can imagine. To think that someone as young as me is out here screaming about this group is just. Literally stomach-turning. I might be exaggerating. Because they're just high-schoolers. They can't vote yet. But their parents can. And their parents are rich. And conservative, imagining they get all of these ''CHEGA FOR LIFE!!11!!!!!1!!1!"s from their parents. It's best to imagine these kids as just stupid and brainless... which they are. So it's not too hard. But it is scary that there's a possibility of these people becoming rich and successful someday, because their parents are. I'm a bit afraid of the future. But luckily these idiots (I'm trying not to use that one word because though I can say it I know some don't like it..the R one) aren't in the majority in the vote. Portugal is a relatively left-wing country, I'd say... It's just edgy teenagers being edgy teenagers. Let's hope. Who cares about them, they're all Andrew Tate stans, so they'll probably end up having some sexual assault accusations come out like 30 years from now.