emfrots : darkladynyara : sluglover666 : Hot take, but even if you ARE punching up (instead of punching sideways at a group that is in the same boat as you), there’s a limit to what you can say without sounding like a violent facist but woke this time. Making fun of a group of people that are privileged over you is one thing, but wishing non-cartoonish violence and death on them (“they should fall off a cliff” vs. “they should be wiped out”), wishing sexual violence on them, dehumanising them, claiming that they’re less capable of creating art or living meaningful lives, saying that their relationships are inherently shallow and fake - these things are fucked up. I understand venting and saying extreme things when in pain, but when you find yourself regularly posting about wanting certain people tortured and killed, you need to examine that. When the only thing stopping you from completely dehumanising someone is your own judgement regarding their privilege level relative to yours, you are not a safe person to be around. “convince your followers that their Oppressor Class (whether real or imagined) is less deserving of human rights” is the oldest and most reliable trick in the book to incite mass violence, and you’re not immune to it because you’re a Good Person with Correct Opinions. you will continue to be a potential breeding ground for fascist thought until you stop dehumanizing people in any context, regardless of whether they deserve it or not, or how serious you are. there can be no acceptable targets. I’ve always said “I want everyone to live.” Even trump. And I fucking hate trump. The only thing that should take trump out is TIME. fucking NATURE. But where I draw the line for him is where I draw the line for every other human being currently drawing breath: his beliefs make him dangerous and he SHOULDN’T BE IN A SEAT OF POWER One of the biggest facts that removes my faith in humanity is just how much people look at a take like that and still decide to go the fascist route and then are surprised that it continues to get turned around on them