{"id":12541,"date":"2026-01-09T22:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/?p=12541"},"modified":"2026-01-09T22:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:29:15","slug":"aeatt-acronyms-everywhere-all-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/aeatt-acronyms-everywhere-all-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"AEATT (Acronyms everywhere all the time)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally I try to avoid politics in favour of more light hearted fare, and also, who am I to judge?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But as the slow train crash omnishambles that is the zombie of American democracy shuffles towards the cliff, it\u2019s very hard to look away. I\u2019ve been trying to avoid the video of Renee Good being shot by ICE agents, but this morning I made myself watch it. It\u2019s pretty clear she died from an excess of testosterone, but the response from politicians and the media has been if anything even more horrific. Apparently you can use FAFO (fuck around and find out) as an excuse to come down hard on (arrest\/shoot to kill\/extradite) anyone whose behaviour you don\u2019t like. I also discovered something new today &#8211; I am an AWFUL person. No surprises there, some of you may say, but in this particular instance it stands for Affluent White Female Urban Liberal. Well, I\u2019ll own it, so shoot me! 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