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* AlterEgoActing: The "Contra" that hosts the show is basically Natalie Wynn putting on a much louder personality than she has in real life.

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Don't trope real people


* WeUsedToBeFriends
** With Abigail Thorn from PhilosophyTube
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-->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BlNGZunYM8 Degeneracy]]''

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-->''[[https://www.-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BlNGZunYM8 Degeneracy]]''
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* GoKartingWithBowser: Has had some surprisingly civil debates/meetings with anti-SJW [=YouTubers=] such as Shoe0nHead, Sargon Of Akkad and others. In the case of the former, both Natalie and Shoe have mentioned on different occasions that their meeting managed to open Shoe's mind to accepting non-binary people as a result.

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* GoKartingWithBowser: Has had some surprisingly civil debates/meetings with anti-SJW [=YouTubers=] such as Shoe0nHead, [=Shoe0nHead=], Sargon Of Akkad and others. In the case of the former, both Natalie and Shoe have mentioned on different occasions that their meeting managed to open Shoe's mind to accepting non-binary people as a result.
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The potholes are unnecessary and look misleadingly like creator links instead of tropes.


* {{Corpsing}}: It's extremely rare for Natalie to leave any of this in the final edit, but ''Gender Critical'' left two instances of it in.

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* {{Corpsing}}: It's extremely rare for Natalie to leave any of this sometimes has trouble taking herself seriously when filming extra-silly bits and occasionally leaves in the final edit, but ''Gender Critical'' left two instances of it in.moments where she breaks character.



* CreepyCrossdresser: Discussed in both "Autogynophilia" and "J.K. Rowling", along with its connection to transgender representation and how it may have influenced [=TERFs=] into viewing trans women as bathroom predators. Natalie herself has admitted to something of a fixation with the trope, and would frequently lean into it during the early years of her channel, both as a coping mechanism and because she enjoys dark humour. Even after coming out as trans and switching to a more feminine wardrobe she still enjoys the occasional reference to ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' or joke that she's secretly a serial killer.

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* CreepyCrossdresser: Discussed in both "Autogynophilia" and "J.K. Rowling", along with its connection to transgender representation and how it may have influenced [=TERFs=] into viewing trans women as bathroom predators. Natalie herself has admitted to something of a fixation with the trope, and would frequently lean into it during the early years of her channel, both as a coping mechanism and because she enjoys dark humour. Even after coming out as trans and switching to adopting a more feminine wardrobe she still enjoys the occasional reference to ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' or joke that she's secretly a serial killer.



* GoKartingWithBowser: Has had some surprisingly civil debates/meetings with [[AlphaBitch Shoe0nHead]], [[TheMeanBrit Sargon Of Akkad]] and others.

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* GoKartingWithBowser: Has had some surprisingly civil debates/meetings with [[AlphaBitch Shoe0nHead]], [[TheMeanBrit anti-SJW [=YouTubers=] such as Shoe0nHead, Sargon Of Akkad]] Akkad and others.others. In the case of the former, both Natalie and Shoe have mentioned on different occasions that their meeting managed to open Shoe's mind to accepting non-binary people as a result.



*** Natalie mentions how the trans community has this problem of wondering who ''is'' representing them, and wonders whether this is part of the reason why some trans YouTubers, like Blaire White and Rose Of Dawn, are prone to making cringe content on other trans people, as a way to publicly distance themselves from the trans people they consider to not be "real trans". She particularly recalls the feud White had with another trans youtuber, Riley Dennis, purposefully misgendering her, saying she wasn't really trans, she wasn't on HRT and was just pretending to be so, and the immediate regret White felt when Dennis said she was about to go face feminization surgery, and had been in HRT for a year.
*** She also points out that this happened with Chris-chan, a youtuber who is an anime fan, a trans woman and on the autism spectrum. Most of the people who obsessively register everything about her life and dedicate to making cringe content about her, share these traits with her, and are desperate to distance themselves to someone who shares that identity with them.

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*** Natalie mentions how the trans community has this problem of wondering who ''is'' representing them, and wonders whether this is part of the reason why some trans YouTubers, like Blaire White and Rose Of Dawn, are prone to making cringe content on other trans people, as a way to publicly distance themselves from the trans people they consider to not be "real trans". She particularly recalls the feud White had with another trans youtuber, Riley Dennis, purposefully misgendering her, saying she wasn't really trans, she wasn't on HRT and was just pretending to be so, and the immediate regret White felt when Dennis said she was about to go face undergo facial feminization surgery, and had been in on HRT for a year.
*** She also points out that this happened with Chris-chan, a youtuber [=YouTuber=] who is an anime fan, a trans woman and on the autism spectrum. spectrum and became a "lolcow" known for her cringeworthy content. Most of the people who obsessively register everything about her life and dedicate to making cringe content about her, share these background traits with her, and are desperate to distance themselves to from someone who shares that identity with them.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jackie Jackson falls for all of Fritz's lies no matter how blatant they are, as do many centrists with neo-nazis.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jackie Jackson falls for all of Fritz's lies no matter how blatant they are, serving as do many centrists with neo-nazis. a commentary on how centrism can be swayed into far-right ideals.
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* DoubleStandard: In "Gender Critical", she points out that transphobes come down much, much harder on trans women for "reinforcing patriarchy" by presenting as hyperfeminine, than they do on similarly hyperfeminine cis women like Kim Kardashian.
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* NWordPrivileges: A lot of Natalie's comedy has a self-deprecatory edge which extends to her experience as a trans woman, resulting in jokes and some word choices that wouldn't be funny coming from a cis person. She's acknowledged the phenomenon before, discussing how people outside a group usually fail to make good comedy about them in "The Darkness", and saying she's allowed to call the mean-spirited usage of a less-passing trans person in a Blaire White thumbnail as a "dump truck" because Natalie herself had been "one of her dump trucks. One of [[HashtagForLaughs #HerDumpTrucks]]".

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* NWordPrivileges: A lot of Natalie's comedy has a self-deprecatory edge which extends to her experience as a trans woman, resulting in jokes and some word choices that wouldn't be funny coming from a cis person. She's acknowledged the phenomenon before, discussing how people outside a group usually fail to make good comedy about them in "The Darkness", and saying she's allowed to call describe the mean-spirited usage of a less-passing trans person in a typical Blaire White thumbnail as a "dump truck" because Natalie herself had been "one of her dump trucks. One of [[HashtagForLaughs #HerDumpTrucks]]".
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* MeaningfulName: Several of Natalie's characters names are references to the roles they represent. In an aside in "The Darkness", Natalie mentions how her own name wasn't quite as much, as she blurted it out early in her transition when put on the spot to give a name and decided to stick with it.
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** Natalie's fascination with catgirls. Her character Tabby dresses as one, and Natalie started exploring the more cutesy type outside the role of Tabby, cringing at herself while deliberately making the act cringeworthy. The end of "Justice (Part 1)" even teases the return of Tabby after Natalie has spent the entire video dropping in inappropriate cutesy catgirl talk in costume.

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** Natalie's fascination with catgirls. Her character Tabby dresses as one, and Natalie started exploring the more cutesy type outside the role of Tabby, cringing at herself while deliberately making the act cringeworthy. The end of "Justice (Part 1)" even teases the return of Tabby after Natalie has spent the entire video dropping in inappropriate cutesy catgirl talk in costume. This even extends to the Team Natalie pins from her "feud" with Creator/LindsayEllis, with the symbol on her pin being a pair of cat ears.
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* NWordPrivileges: A lot of Natalie's comedy has a self-deprecatory edge which extends to her experience as a trans woman, resulting in jokes and some word choices that wouldn't be funny coming from a cis person. She's acknowledged the phenomenon before, discussing how people outside a group usually fail to make good comedy about them in "The Darkness", and saying she's allowed to call the mean-spirited usage of a less-passing trans person in a Blaire White thumbnail as a "dump truck" because Natalie herself had been "one of her dump trucks. One of [[HashtagForLaughs #HerDumpTrucks]]".

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-->'''Natalie:''' First of all, a reminder that this episode is a female-only space, so if there are any men here today... ''GetOut''!\\
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'''Natalie:''' ...I mean, unless you enjoy watching the very interesting things that women do on our own. In which case, like! Comment! Subscribe!

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-->'''Natalie:''' First of all, a reminder that this episode is a female-only space, so if there are any men here today... ''GetOut''!\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Natalie:''' ...
''GetOut'' ...I mean, unless you enjoy watching the very interesting things that women do on our own. In which case, like! Comment! Subscribe!


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* CreepyCrossdresser: Discussed in both "Autogynophilia" and "J.K. Rowling", along with its connection to transgender representation and how it may have influenced [=TERFs=] into viewing trans women as bathroom predators. Natalie herself has admitted to something of a fixation with the trope, and would frequently lean into it during the early years of her channel, both as a coping mechanism and because she enjoys dark humour. Even after coming out as trans and switching to a more feminine wardrobe she still enjoys the occasional reference to ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' or joke that she's secretly a serial killer.
-->'''Natalie:''' And I take great offence to the suggestion that trans women are serial killers, because I for one... haven’t been caught yet. ''[giggles]''
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This was removed with a rude edit reason (involving slurs), and a mod on ATT has agreed it should be restored.

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*** She also points out that this happened with Chris-chan, a youtuber who is an anime fan, a trans woman and on the autism spectrum. Most of the people who obsessively register everything about her life and dedicate to making cringe content about her, share these traits with her, and are desperate to distance themselves to someone who shares that identity with them.
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* TakeThat: "J.K. Rowling" features several overt statements that Natalie actually read Rowling's book ''Troubled Blood'' "as opposed to ''some'' [=YouTubers=]", referencing Blaire White's controversial defense of the book, which had many viewers questioning if she actually had enough time to consume the entire book before responding to it given the timeline she provided [[labelnote:Explanation]]Blare claimed to have read the book's hundreds of pages within a span of less than a day and found only one reference to the villain being transgender, where as Natalia can provide multiple passages of it.[[/labelnote]].

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* TakeThat: "J.K. Rowling" features several overt statements that Natalie actually read Rowling's book ''Troubled Blood'' "as opposed to ''some'' [=YouTubers=]", referencing Blaire White's controversial defense of the book, which had many viewers questioning if she actually had enough time to consume the entire book before responding to it given the timeline information she provided [[labelnote:Explanation]]Blare [[labelnote:Explanation]]Blaire claimed to have read the book's hundreds of pages within a span of less than a day and found only one reference to the villain being coded as transgender, where as Natalia Natalie can provide multiple passages of it.[[/labelnote]].
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* ClosetKey: Joanne from “Shame” was this for Natalie.

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* ClosetKey: Joanne from “Shame” "Shame" was this for Natalie.



* ContinuityNod: In ''Incels,'' Natalie discusses how reading abusive comments about her appearance started affecting her outside of the computer, and says "I need to stop looking at this stuff right now or I'm going to become a monster." and it cuts to [[InternalizedCategorism Tiffany Tumbles.]]

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* ContinuityNod: In ''Incels,'' Natalie discusses how reading abusive comments about her appearance started affecting her outside of the computer, and says "I need to stop looking at this stuff right now or I'm going to become a monster." and it cuts to [[InternalizedCategorism Tiffany Tumbles.]]Tumbles]].
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* TakeThat: "J.K. Rowling" features several overt statements that Natalie actually read Rowling's book ''Troubled Blood'' "as opposed to ''some'' [=YouTubers=]", referencing Blaire White's controversial defense of the book, which had many viewers questioning if she actually had enough time to consume the entire book before responding to it given the timeline she provided.

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* TakeThat: "J.K. Rowling" features several overt statements that Natalie actually read Rowling's book ''Troubled Blood'' "as opposed to ''some'' [=YouTubers=]", referencing Blaire White's controversial defense of the book, which had many viewers questioning if she actually had enough time to consume the entire book before responding to it given the timeline she provided.provided [[labelnote:Explanation]]Blare claimed to have read the book's hundreds of pages within a span of less than a day and found only one reference to the villain being transgender, where as Natalia can provide multiple passages of it.[[/labelnote]].
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* ClosetKey: Joanne from “Shame,” whom Natalie’s feelings for finally led her to accepting that she was gay.

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* ClosetKey: Joanne from “Shame,” whom Natalie’s feelings “Shame” was this for finally led her to accepting that she was gay.Natalie.
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*ClosetKey: Joanne from “Shame,” whom Natalie’s feelings for finally led her to accepting that she was gay.
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Removed all references to Chris-chan. He's not a transwoman, he's a retard and agknowlaging him as trans isn't doing the trans community any favours.


*** She also points out that this happened with Chris-chan, a youtuber who is an anime fan, a trans woman and on the autism spectrum. Most of the people who obsessively register everything about her life and dedicate to making cringe content about her, share these traits with her, and are desperate to distance themselves to someone who shares that identity with them.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In her video on JK Rowling, she looks through some of the transphobic buttons from "Wild Womyn Workshop" and finds one that says "Sorry About Your Dick, Bro". She promptly quips "That one's good, I'd wear that one!"
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I don't think it's at all good taste to link to a pre-transition photo of someone who no longer wants that associated with her work or perception.


* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Her earlier videos lack the MoodLighting that has since become her trademark. Since she had yet to come to see herself as a transgender woman, those videos also see her sporting a [[https://i.ibb.co/Fb7LdkK/Pre-Transition-Natalie.png deeper voice and occasionally more masculine clothing.]] Most of them feature her exclusively as herself, with her bevy of characters not yet appearing. Her humor style was also drier and more blunt.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Her earlier videos lack the MoodLighting that has since become her trademark. Since she had yet to come to see herself as a transgender woman, those videos also see her sporting with a [[https://i.ibb.co/Fb7LdkK/Pre-Transition-Natalie.png deeper voice and occasionally more masculine clothing.]] clothing. Most of them feature her exclusively as herself, with her bevy of characters not yet appearing. Her humor style was also drier and more blunt.
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* OneSteveLimit: Acknowledged in "J.K. Rowling", where Natalie mentions having a problem with Joannes, given that she used Joanne as the alias for her former crush in "Shame" and is now talking about Joanne Rowling the author.
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* TakeThat: "J.K. Rowling" features several overt statements that Natalie actually read Rowling's book ''Troubled Blood'' "as opposed to ''some'' [=YouTubers=]", referencing Blaire White's controversial defense of the book, which had many viewers questioning if she actually had enough time to consume the entire book before responding to it given the timeline she provided.

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* CallBack: "Transtrenders" is one to ''The Aesthetic''. It opens with Tiffany Tumbles debating a sympathetic NB character (in the same way Abigail Cockbane was debating Tabby), and she goes on to have a conversation with the same character Tabby did (who's this time defending NB people and other trans people who're labelled "transtrenders" by some). The whole episode hits many of the same beats (albeit contrasting Tiffany and Tabby's reactions to them) and is likely meant to demonstrate how Wynn's views have changed since the episode.

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"Transtrenders" is one to ''The Aesthetic''. It opens with Tiffany Tumbles debating a sympathetic NB character (in the same way Abigail Cockbane was debating Tabby), and she goes on to have a conversation with the same character Tabby did (who's this time defending NB people and other trans people who're labelled "transtrenders" by some). The whole episode hits many of the same beats (albeit contrasting Tiffany and Tabby's reactions to them) and is likely meant to demonstrate how Wynn's views have changed since the episode.episode.
** "J.K. Rowling" has a few to "Jordan Peterson" -- fitting, considering the two are named after and centers around controversial public figures. For example, Natalie pours milk onto a mannequin with Creator/DanielRadcliffe's face this time, and the "Dr. Peterson. Professor. Daddy." joke is returns in the form of "Joanne. Jo. Mother."



* MoodWhiplash: "Alpha Males" video starts as a light-hearted TestosteronePoisoning video. Then the Golden One starts to talk about the Jewish Question.
** That said; It still retains a light tone throughout.

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* MoodWhiplash: "Alpha Males" video starts as a light-hearted TestosteronePoisoning video. Then the Golden One starts to talk about the Jewish Question.
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Question. That said; It still retains a light tone throughout.
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-->''"Like, if you're against gay marriage because you were traumatized as a child when your father left your mother for a man, you're still a homophobe, right? You're not less of a bigot because your bigotry has a tragic backstory. In fact, bigotry often has a tragic backstory, bigotry involves feelings of being threatened or attacked, so it's often rooted in trauma."''

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-->''"Like, if you're against gay marriage because you were traumatized as a child when your father left your mother for a man, you're still a homophobe, right? You're not less of a bigot because your bigotry has a tragic backstory. In fact, bigotry often has a tragic backstory, bigotry involves feelings of being threatened or attacked, so it's often rooted in trauma. [...] Feelings of victimization are often used as a justification for aggression, and when the target of that aggression is a marginalized group, the result is bigotry."''
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Discussed in "J.K. Rowling". Based on Rowling's manifesto, it's clear that her crusade against trans people comes from a place of not being able to trust men due to a history of sexual assault and domestic violence, and Natalie doesn't shame her for being wary of it, but once this has escaped her personal issues and she has taken on the fight against trans liberation because of her negative experiences with men, she has turned into a transphobe, using her platform to rally against their rights.
-->''"Like, if you're against gay marriage because you were traumatized as a child when your father left your mother for a man, you're still a homophobe, right? You're not less of a bigot because your bigotry has a tragic backstory. In fact, bigotry often has a tragic backstory, bigotry involves feelings of being threatened or attacked, so it's often rooted in trauma."''
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** [[SarcasmMode "That must be super fucking hard for you."]]
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* RevolutionariesWhoDontDoAnything: Natalie directly calls this out in "Voting", pointing out that social media leftists who refuse to vote for Joe Biden because he's not their ideal presidential candidate [[MissingStepsPlan don't really have any solid plan for making their ideas come to fruition and are more in love with the ''idea'' of a radical revolution to overthrow capitalism without taking the steps to prepare for it]], especially since the many RightWingMilitiaFanatic groups in the USA ''are'' arming themselves to the teeth and have every intention of making their wishes for a second American Civil War come true.

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* RevolutionariesWhoDontDoAnything: Natalie directly calls this out in In "Voting", pointing Natalie points out that social media leftists who refuse to vote for Joe Biden because he's not their ideal presidential candidate [[MissingStepsPlan don't really have any solid plan for making their ideas come to fruition and are more in fruition; they love with the ''idea'' of to fantasize about overthrowing capitalism through a radical revolution to overthrow capitalism without taking but [[MissingStepsPlan aren't making any concrete preparations]] for violent conflict with the steps to prepare for it]], powers that be, especially since compared to the many RightWingMilitiaFanatic groups in the USA who ''are'' arming and training themselves to the teeth and have with every intention of making their wishes for a second American Civil War come true.
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* RevolutionariesWhoDontDoAnything: Natalie directly calls this out in "Voting", pointing out that social media leftists who refuse to vote for Joe Biden because he's not their ideal presidential candidate don't really have any solid plan for making their ideas come to fruition and are more in love with the ''idea'' of a radical revolution to overthrow capitalism without taking the steps to prepare for it, especially since the many RightWingMilitiaFanatic groups in the USA ''are'' arming themselves to the teeth and have every intention of making their wishes for a second American Civil War come true.

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* RevolutionariesWhoDontDoAnything: Natalie directly calls this out in "Voting", pointing out that social media leftists who refuse to vote for Joe Biden because he's not their ideal presidential candidate [[MissingStepsPlan don't really have any solid plan for making their ideas come to fruition and are more in love with the ''idea'' of a radical revolution to overthrow capitalism without taking the steps to prepare for it, it]], especially since the many RightWingMilitiaFanatic groups in the USA ''are'' arming themselves to the teeth and have every intention of making their wishes for a second American Civil War come true.

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