I know you mean well.
But I don't believe ignoring these people makes them go away, I don't believe it teaches them anything, and I don't want the people they target to feel like no one else is listening.
But I don't believe ignoring these people makes them go away, I don't believe it teaches them anything, and I don't want the people they target to feel like no one else is listening.
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- Elie Wiesel
Somehow they have the thinnest emotional skin on the planet.
KEEP POKING THEM HARD.
Its why Elites rail at “Cancel Culture”
It’s Organic bottom-up & they can’t control/silence it.
They prefer blackballing.
Ultra-wealthy people cease to be Human in any meaningful sense.
99% of the problems you and i face just *do not exist* for them.
William Gibson had it nailed down decades ago:
The only way to stop them is make it impossible to behave the way they do. Otherwise, they will always find a victim.
1) people are not as clear or concise a writer as they think. They are not as satirical as Mark Twain or as wise as Voltaire.
2) People are no skilled enough to be able to write the proper tone.
3) They are not interested in conversation, but pissing people off.
And people finally feel connected to others, on an intellectual/emotional state. They have their ride or die community.
Until we do, it'll be weaponized against us, used to gaslight and manipulate to an incredibly dangerous degree.
It pays to push back, I think, or to shut the worst offenders out if nothing else
MLK had a GREAT statement on those moderates.
That's where I feel the insurmountable resistance.
They know they are shit people.
They are proud of being shit people.
They delight in violating the social contract while demanding others respect them under it.
Treat them as such.
Thank you, @gailsimone.bsky.social for being an ally!
The Matt Bors “I just hate to do this”comic is overused, but good Christ almighty, it keeps being relevant
For evidence, just look at all of our history since we stole the land.
It’s PUNCH Nazis, not Give Nazis Grace.
With everything I am, I know that darkness that leads to suicide. I've been there. I still have days where that voice is just too damn loud.
If I can be there for someone? Stop them walking the road I did?
That's enough.
If anything, the people who can should stay loud. They will know when they need to step away for a bit for health and for how long.
The same people who cry loudly for LGBTIAQ++ would kick me out of the munch I go to, because I'm straight presenting.
Who do reduce me to my gender and presentation.
They're looking for permitted targets, first. Help is secondary.
I have exactly the same bad habit. I'm the pot painting myself black before I tar another.
And I can honestly tell you it achieved nothing. It's a trap, a folly and that's on a good day.