The general misanthropy and eagerness for violence. I know it's a lot of people just being frustrated and venting, but I still think it's unhealthy to fantasize about perpetrating violence against people and being cruel as a form of gratification for its own sake. A revolution is a not a picnic and the refusal of the cruel masters of this world to accept anything but their continued domination by way of blood will require violence to overturn, yes, but this is a fact I face with deep regret and sorrow. I try to cultivate forgiveness and love for everyone. I don't believe that there are people who are fundamentally wicked; the capacity for cruelty and oppression is in all of us. This is why it's important to guard ourselves against the temptation to delight in violence in itself.
I don't exactly blame people for feeling this way, but I hope they don't lose themselves in it, don't forget that we're struggling for universal human dignity and compassion.
i hold those same principles, and building on that, I think it often reeks of compensation. like, a movement with actual military capacity isn't constantly making absurd, empty threats.
of course like every 5th post i make is calling for my enemies to burn eternally in the lake of fire, so i'm fully projecting here.
I think it's very important to be as kind as possible, to make the choice to be better when one can, and reject cruelty.
We want to built a world that eliminates unecessairy suffering, so we should never stoop to perpetuating it ourselves. Someone on here once wrote an essay about "Communism of Love" of which I have forgotten most of the content, and I can't read it anymore, but the sentiment is still important to me.
I am a socialist because I love people, all of them.
With the ones, that are inarguably causing unimaginable suffering, we shouldn't just feel hatred(or maybe at all), but sadness for the lost humanity and lost potential.
We want to create a world without monsters, not become them.
I’m very guilty of this, but I will say that to some extent it allows me to cultivate forgiveness and love for everyone in real life, which I consider a core part of who I am as a person. In reality I try to see the best in everyone and give the benefit of the doubt. If someone cuts me off in traffic I assume they’re about to shit their pants.
I reserve my anger for the the worst of the worst and vent it on this website. Which is still maybe not healthy
The general misanthropy and eagerness for violence. I know it's a lot of people just being frustrated and venting, but I still think it's unhealthy to fantasize about perpetrating violence against people and being cruel as a form of gratification for its own sake. A revolution is a not a picnic and the refusal of the cruel masters of this world to accept anything but their continued domination by way of blood will require violence to overturn, yes, but this is a fact I face with deep regret and sorrow. I try to cultivate forgiveness and love for everyone. I don't believe that there are people who are fundamentally wicked; the capacity for cruelty and oppression is in all of us. This is why it's important to guard ourselves against the temptation to delight in violence in itself.
I don't exactly blame people for feeling this way, but I hope they don't lose themselves in it, don't forget that we're struggling for universal human dignity and compassion.
I'm not too fond of "wall" rhetoric, and not just for :fedposting: reasons.
i hold those same principles, and building on that, I think it often reeks of compensation. like, a movement with actual military capacity isn't constantly making absurd, empty threats.
of course like every 5th post i make is calling for my enemies to burn eternally in the lake of fire, so i'm fully projecting here.
I think it's very important to be as kind as possible, to make the choice to be better when one can, and reject cruelty.
We want to built a world that eliminates unecessairy suffering, so we should never stoop to perpetuating it ourselves. Someone on here once wrote an essay about "Communism of Love" of which I have forgotten most of the content, and I can't read it anymore, but the sentiment is still important to me. I am a socialist because I love people, all of them.
With the ones, that are inarguably causing unimaginable suffering, we shouldn't just feel hatred(or maybe at all), but sadness for the lost humanity and lost potential.
We want to create a world without monsters, not become them.
Glad to see plen'y other people feel this way. :meow-hug:
I’m very guilty of this, but I will say that to some extent it allows me to cultivate forgiveness and love for everyone in real life, which I consider a core part of who I am as a person. In reality I try to see the best in everyone and give the benefit of the doubt. If someone cuts me off in traffic I assume they’re about to shit their pants.
I reserve my anger for the the worst of the worst and vent it on this website. Which is still maybe not healthy