And I use “normal” in scare quotes, because, according to whom, exactly, capitalism? Society? Yourself? Some of the “weirdest” people I’ve met in my life where also some of the nicest and actually helped me out. People you’d peg as “normal”? Well I’ve had my fair share of shit with them. I’m not about to put up with some reddit lord trying to score points with cool kid podcasters by throwing people who feed the homeless under the bus, fuck you very much.
I think the criticism is that “be normal” almost always manifests as tailism and scolding. “Oh, you think we shouldn’t tell misogynistic jokes? Why can’t you be normal!” The social/antisocial axis as I imagine it would put “be understanding that not everybody is as familiar with feminist theory as you” as social, and would put both “excessively scold every baby leftist” AND “let people who do reactionary shit keep doing it without pushback” firmly in the “antisocial” pile.
Most frequently when I see complaints about socialist orgs not being normal it’s from a chud who saw a non natural hair color. We shouldn’t take those critiques seriously, because they’re not being made in good faith.
Absolutely. It’s really about being friendly and not being a wrecker. Bringing people in instead of dividing or excluding people.