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.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I also accept "this is fake drama created because nobody cares about the Oscars"

    • HarryLime [any]
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      3 years ago

      But then you'd have to accept that the people running the Oscars are capable of thinking up something funny or interesting. Not very plausible.

      • Graphite22 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        the only people capable of writing this event do not work on the Oscars production team. i’m not sure that people who would even spin this up would work on a writing team. rich fuckheads most definitely couldn’t think of it.

        therefore this was a spontaneous combustion in the timeline and thats why it is so fuckin funny