Experimental History

Experimental History

Help I'm being persecuted

OR: rubberneckers anonymous

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Adam Mastroianni
Mar 17, 2026
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If they labeled it explicitly, one of the biggest categories on Substack would be called something like, “People Pretending to Be Persecuted”. Browse any genre and you’ll find writers touting their exile from polite society with titles like “DR. BOB’S POLITICALLY INCORRECT HOEDOWN” and “The Cancelled Gardener”.

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