like honestly the internet's getting older and i feel like it's worth really documenting how internet atheism gave way to the alt-right.
but long story short, it's an acceptable target for treating people like they're lesser. it used to be both safe and a shock-thrill.
okay maybe not actually shocking but at least edgy in a south park way.
it was rebelling without rebelling, and a way you could call people lesser without choosing a target that looks overtly hateful.
@heatherhorns Using colonialist tactics to attack theocratic movement worked because there is a clear defined wrong being done to the point that ANY form of pushback is helpful. (i.e Creationism being pushed in schools)
But once they stepped into politics, they quickly crashed and burned, because so much of it is subjective, and they're already trained to inure themselves to the struggles of their opponents and assume that people complaining about cruelty is done in bad faith.
@heatherhorns In a lot of ways, this is why it's important to develop good solid praxis that abolish colonialist framework of thinking. And one prime way to do this is to abolish gawker culture, and move away from channels that are focused on targeting specific people, and towards information that is more focused towards education and immunization against general harmful social precepts.
People don't become "bad guys" out of nowhere.
@heatherhorns To boil it into a catchphrase... It's not enough to just fight evil, it's important to also focus on the how.
@FreyaManibrandr fuck, you put it a lot better, thanks.
I am actually meant to be working but like, i really appreciate your use of colonalist, here. you're damn right.
it all starts with "fighting the good fight"