NZ politics, internet bullshit, -/~
I am so tired of the fact internet leftists are so surrounded in injustices and toxicity that all they know is that toxicity.
Anyone seeking to spread love, to enjoy other things, or to state "this is not us" in the face of hate, it's met with armchair activists that behave like it's not good enough, or that it's not allowed because they're convinced everyone else is evil people. All that does is produce further othering and negativity.
In the case of NZ's tragedy, "This Is Not Us" is a message of unity, to show we will not let nazis and hate define our country and people. But internet leftists decide it's not good enough.
Here's the thing. Anything can be co-opted by nazis. That's their MO. They corrupt statements such that they can't be used by tolerant people, until they're only used by nazis.
The conclusion to take from that *isn't* to not use things that they might. It's to not let them use those statements in the first place. It's to see through statements that, when said by nazis, are just window-dressing for hate.