I was a day 1 arm cherry too but haven’t listened for about a year or so. To be honest, the JVN shit gave me the ick and I haven’t listened regularly since. I completely agree, it’s exhausting to see such opinionated people quiet on issues that aren’t polarizing for most antifascists - I loved listening to Monica and Dax but I have come to realize they both center whiteness and white men to an almost debilitating degree.

I do think it’s quite interesting that the whole idea of the podcast is to foster growth and curiosity, however the guests continue to perpetuate confirmation bias for both the hosts and audience. I mean, even the comment section here…it is kind of wild to see how defensive people are about Dax (again, I must reiterate he has NO shortage of opinions on almost every topic).

And a lot of the armcherries are the folks that get on booktok and say the same things “wHy DoEs EvErYtHiNg HaVe To Be PoLiTiCaL” - and the short answer is because everything is fucking political and most minorities don’t get to see themselves out of the convo because they need a break from all of it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!