propter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agoWatching a documentary about Rome and realizing the Italians independently invented fascism at least twicemessage-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareWatching a documentary about Rome and realizing the Italians independently invented fascism at least twicepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoFun fact: fasces is also the etymological origin of the slur for a gay man that also means a type of odds-and-ends meatball and a bundle of sticks.
minus-squareFedPosterman5000 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoIn that case, as long as we separate it from the “fascist” connotation, I think anyone who doesn’t identify as cishet should be encouraged to carry/use sticks and axes during pride month. Only seems fair
Fun fact: fasces is also the etymological origin of the slur for a gay man that also means a type of odds-and-ends meatball and a bundle of sticks.
In that case, as long as we separate it from the “fascist” connotation, I think anyone who doesn’t identify as cishet should be encouraged to carry/use sticks and axes during pride month. Only seems fair