It's kind of weird seeing so many ppl on this site say things like "if it was my partner I would beat the shit out of someone" and similar stuff (see this thread: https://hexbear.net/post/183672). Not gonna lie it's kinda weird hearing that from nominal leftists. It sounds no different than some machismo person trying to start a fight cuz his honor was disrespected or something. This is what I said in that thread:

I mean I get the sentiment, but it also kinda feels like some kind of toxic machismo holdover. Kind of like “how dare you make fun of MY wife, if you insult her you basically insult ME!” I dunno it sounds kinda possessive, as if someone damaged your property, therefore damaged your pride.

So how do ppl justify this? I'm genuinely curious.

One thing I've seen some people say is that "he was standing up for someone." But that still sounds like some "you've disrespected m'lady sir, shall we duel?" shit. Like I see this stuff all the time from dads who get mad at their daughter's dates ("don't you dare lay a hand on her or I'll kill you") or brothers that are very possessive of girl family members ("if you mistreat my sister I'll kill you!") or even chuds getting triggered about the flag ("if you disrespect the flag I'll kill you!").

I dunno sounds very honor culture-y. Also sounds like retributive justice, which is fine I guess if you believe in that but we've seen the horrors that has wreaked on minority communities in places like the US. I dunno lemme know what you all think.

  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Again, this is purely speculation. If you wanna make up a scenario where people defend a more severe assault just so you can get mad at those people, that's on you.

    • HodgePodge [love/loves]
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      3 years ago

      If you wanna make up a scenario where people defend a more severe assault just so you can get mad at those people, that’s on you.

      that's basically all they're doing in this thread lol it's good slop.

      :party-parrot-popcorn:

        • HodgePodge [love/loves]
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          3 years ago

          It's funny watching all of the sleeper accounts pop up like meerkats whenever they think they might be able to make a sitewide struggle session happen lolol

          • Tervell [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            putting on my sunglasses and saying in a hacker voice "I've been activated", except it's to start a struggle session :fedposting:

            • HodgePodge [love/loves]
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              3 years ago

              :stupidpol: account A posts bigoted bullshit of side 1

              :stupidpol: account B posts bigoted bullshit of side 2

              :stupidpol: account C posts "omg hexbar do better im leaving 4evr"

              ...

              :stupidpol: "this will show them"