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"[...] To get back to Facebook poster's launching point, you can't 'normalize' someone who's normal, who acted normal to begin with, who will likely act normal a long time from now. I think people conflate 'normal' with 'accepted' or 'approved of'. While I hate to beat it to death, as I've said, I knew someone IRL who acted like a 'nice Nazi', though that's an oxymoron of gargantuan proportions. Instead of 'nice' maybe I should've said 'normal', so one could paint a less puzzling picture. But the point is how often you can't, don't - won't see Normals coming, because they don't walk, talk or act any different than YOU.

"I know I didn't see a Normal coming roughly 10 years ago. I don't like to play Wise Elder because mentally I'm probably still about 23, but humor me for a sec: I didn't see him coming. I didn't see him coming. I didn't see him coming. And you might not have, either.

"I knew him through work for months before he admitted he was a 'Nazi' (his word); until then, nothing suggested it. There was no hint of anything 'wrong', 'abnormal', 'strange' or any adjective one might lean on: no hateful talk, no vile jokes, no whining over [insert class/race/color/culture/gender/sexual preference/women here]. He dressed nicely. Shaved. Smelled good. Had a laid-back easiness that'd never let you guess he went around hating an entire religion and culture as a fucking lifestyle choice."

-- marahmarie , 2017-11-20