BobDevney @BobDevney@wandering.shop
"Growing up around so many deeply conservative, deeply religious people: I think that's trauma, in and of itself. I think a lot of people in America are dealing with that now — because I think being deeply conservative & traditional in your values is child abuse.
"[When growing up] ...I had to...be able to sit with myself and think, you don't deserve to go to hell just for existing, no matter what anybody has told you."
— Jason Isbell
Agreeing with this, however I wish we would start phrasing it like this:
"Growing up with extremely bigoted people who used religiosity and conservatism as a cover for their bigotry and abuse..."