Amberion
Know what you're doing yet?
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Often times in superhero stories, it's 'us vs them' mentality, where the heroes go and 'beat up criminals'. It's super simple and not realistic at all, and is a form of escapism that doesn't involve actually thinking about 'issues'. Once you think 'oh, this neo-nazi has actual opinions about things but he's not all terrible, he treats 'his type' of people relatively okay, so you get that lopsided view of him, because you're not really being exposed to the bad side.
Taylor is white. Unless she says or does something that marks her as what they would call a 'race traitor', they'll generally treat her okay, and since she's 'joined' the E88, they think she's an ally, so they treat her accordingly. So, she's getting, like, half the big picture.
When we join a group, we want subconsciously to belong. Taylor's feeling a little bit of that. She's also using the language, which is actually dangerous for her because when you say things, it's not a huge leap toward thinking them too. So, she needs to watch out.