Politics ahead

Can't shit just be pretty good anymore? TADC ain't a damn masterpiece, and it ain't a piece of garbage. It's a pretty good show. solid 7 outta 10. I enjoyed it.

I see so many posts about it being the worst show someones ever seen, painting all the fans as gormless merch sponges who waste all their money on useless tat and it's frustrating.

I also see so many posts about it being the second coming of jesus, and like, I'm glad it resonates with you but you gotta acknowledge the thing's got flaws.

"[Screenshot of random blog] I think the world is black and white

Actually the world is shades of gray. Chat, harrass this person NOW because they are ontologically evil"

This affects me in subtle ways (I grew up with a lot of jewish phrases in my vocabulary as if commonplace in general american culture, for example, chopped liver, oy gevalt, l'chaim, chutzpah, mazel tov, oy vey, bupkis, schmooze, chotchke, etc, and in addition I was taught philosophies on religion and parenthood from my mother that I now understand are largely jewish teachings), as well as more concrete ways (the type of EDS I have is more common in Ashkenazi communities).

This doesn't change my drive to convert, its still there same as it ever was, still marred by physical restrictions due to my location and lack of ability to go to the nearest shul, and therefore, still arduously slow. I would have still converted if I had no Jewish famillial history, because I feel a pull inside of me to be a part of the community. It makes sense to be Jewish, not simply because of what I am, but who I am.

What this does do is make my conversion feel like a homecoming. I've discovered a history that was deliberately hidden from me and which speaks to the antisemitism of our nation and the Catholic Church. I am upset that my family felt like they had to hide this.

I will not hide. I will survive.