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ID: tags. #nuance dies on this site so of course people are interpreting this as saying everyone is innocent. #you should never be enthusiastic to punish regardless of the target #because when you run out of targets the need for that enthusiasm persists #and even among your true targets injustice can be perceived as justice in that enthusiasm. / End ID
it is actually very common for people to say “there are no innocents on the side of my enemy.” against such an opponent you can theoretically justify anything
#ID provided#generally speaking i think it is important to recognize that ignorance - even when that ignorance was manufactured and sold to them! -#is more common than true malice#this does not mean that those individuals are not committing harm#but rather than if you punish those individuals with no sense for the SYSTEM creating their ignorance or malice#you're likely - unfortunately - now part of the manufactured part of the narrative (ie that you want them dead)#rather than creating direct change for the individuals being harmed by that system#(and because it is the piss on the poor website: i'm not saying that you're a Bad Person if you ever get mad at shitty people)#(i'm saying that if you base your work primarily in HELPING people it's typically more effective in combating the system of oppression#than yelling at your boomer uncle who's a single issue voter on 'keeping his guns' for example)#also if you are capable of de-escalation and begin to consciously and with intention practice it in your daily life you're honestly#likely to do *so much more good* for yourself and others#yelling just... tends to be about a desire to have control when you feel your life has none imho#not necessarily the issue at hand - though that often is a component of that feeling of lack of control#and if you can acknowledge and practice responding kindly - not nicely! i'm not saying be sweet with white supremacists! - by understanding#IF that person is in a place where you're doing good by talking with them or IF they are using this as a reason to pigeonhole themselves#further into the shit they're talking or IF they're really just upset and they don't want to fight either but they feel like#they can't back down now that this started... etc.#if you can acknowledge and respond to that. it's gonna help you learn when it's time to walk away. when this person at this time is not#*your* battle to fight#and if u really wanna spend that spite and anger? first check out coping mechanisms for it but hey - maybe use that to spitefully donate#to the cause or to spitefully knit a scarf for a local shelter or spitefully send a letter to your local politicians
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#generally speaking i think it is important to recognize that ignorance - even when that ignorance was manufactured and sold to them! -#is more common than true malice#this does not mean that those individuals are not committing harm#but rather than if you punish those individuals with no sense for the SYSTEM creating their ignorance or malice#you're likely - unfortunately - now part of the manufactured part of the narrative (ie that you want them dead)#rather than creating direct change for the individuals being harmed by that system#(and because it is the piss on the poor website: i'm not saying that you're a Bad Person if you ever get mad at shitty people)#(i'm saying that if you base your work primarily in HELPING people it's typically more effective in combating the system of oppression#than yelling at your boomer uncle who's a single issue voter on 'keeping his guns' for example)#also if you are capable of de-escalation and begin to consciously and with intention practice it in your daily life you're honestly#likely to do *so much more good* for yourself and others#yelling just... tends to be about a desire to have control when you feel your life has none imho#not necessarily the issue at hand - though that often is a component of that feeling of lack of control#and if you can acknowledge and practice responding kindly - not nicely! i'm not saying be sweet with white supremacists! - by understanding#IF that person is in a place where you're doing good by talking with them or IF they are using this as a reason to pigeonhole themselves#further into the shit they're talking or IF they're really just upset and they don't want to fight either but they feel like#they can't back down now that this started... etc.#if you can acknowledge and respond to that. it's gonna help you learn when it's time to walk away. when this person at this time is not#*your* battle to fight#and if u really wanna spend that spite and anger? first check out coping mechanisms for it but hey - maybe use that to spitefully donate#to the cause or to spitefully knit a scarf for a local shelter or spitefully send a letter to your local politicians
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it is actually very common for people to say “there are no innocents on the side of my enemy.” against such an opponent you can theoretically justify anything
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