Lins on Nostr: 24/7, thick, masking of emotion- aka 'the avoidance of tension' to use mlk's words- ...

24/7, thick, masking of emotion- aka 'the avoidance of tension' to use mlk's words- is helpful to fascists. this is a bit personal i admit, as it's been a major cause of nearly every trauma i've ever experienced or caused, but it does feel vastly under-mentioned despite it being such a central part of mlk's white moderates speech. i'm further left than mlk, but he's the only one i've ever seen to effectively and succinctly point out how the avoidance of tension works.

though, i'm not sure he realized that he was getting at how thick the emotional masks of white moderates are, in addition to the resulting social actions. as if he had he may have realized how difficult it is to get someone to remove such a mask through words alone. ..Speaking as someone who used to wear one, and grew up around them, i mean.