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bibuckleykinard · 5 months ago

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how many times do we need to learn as people that irony and hyperbole can be harmful because 'jokes' aren't easily distinguished from genuine thoughts and feelings until we stop rewarding people for speaking or posting about violence

like even if you're joking/don't actually believe that/think whoever you are insulting is bad/immoral/fictional therefore deserves it - ad hominem attacks always do more harm to the people who share those characteristic then the individual you intend to cause harm to or discredit

#discourse #long post #its genuinely erased so much of my enjoyment of 911blr knowing i have to check accounts or risk seeing bullying/hate #l like its an odd feeling to know that so many people in the same fandom as you actively hold hate or find hate funny against your communit #like tired of people saying others are too sensitive because we dont want to hear or see a person say they want to hurt themself or others #like sorry i put in the work everyday to not let my mental health backslide and to enjoying being alive and accept my queerness #while others seemingly have not #and i know the content i post/share is not all in the same circles as that certain blog and i hate that it still grinds my gears but #its so frustrating to see the cruel glee people have #saying things they would never say to anyone's face irl and only to other blindly devoted/similar bullies #like do these people realise that they are on a razor's edge between 'ironic jokes' and just outright bigotry and threats - like do they #literally the only thing seperating That and conservative bigots is that the bigots are honest about their hatred towards minorities #like a lot of people in the fandom seemingly still need to deal with a lot of intenalised homophobia/racism and just outright hate-#especially regarding queer men and men of colour #because i can not be emphasise enough #It is NOT GOOD OR HEALTHY to be a fully grown adult that actively derives joy from the idea of enacting hate crimes #like you can hate tommy you can want him off the show even want him to die like weird but go off #but its such a next step to unprompted talk about [a character i dislike/hate/dont ship/disrupts my fanon endgame] in derogatory ways -#with rhetoric that straight up is out of terf/rel. right/homophobic/racists bigots and evokes violent hate-crimes......#well i feel sorry for those people cause what a miserable life to spend so much of it unable to enjoy your own life that you target others #anyways I know this is too long but I'm just a very tired man who has studied history and education and working with kids i have seen it -#too many times- harmful words coming from harmful environments or creating harmful actions and thereby perpetuating the cycle of violence #also not super relavent but as Latino Australian i am genuinely appauled at how many people have in their bio they are also Australian-#while actively liking/reblogging and engaging with post that find homophobic violence a funny haha joke - as if activist in our country -#aren't actively trying to dismantle homophobic and transphobic laws regarding issues like conversion therapy #like I know professors that actively got fired for being gay while teaching in religious education context - and its still happening!#so for people to forget so quickly what progress has been made and how much it took and how easy it is to loose - disappointing #(and its the same people who wanna pretend mardi gras is nothing but a party as if 78rs didn't risk their jobs/safety/lives)

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