I am so very fortunate...
Apr. 5th, 2026 08:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glassy_witchThat I know so many truly lovely people. The sort of folk who find the beauty in a butterfly, the kind of people who would help someone up if they fell over. The type who would help a stranger push their broken down car to the side of the road. Who would check on a crying person on a bench in case they could help in some way. That would stop a person walking blindly out into traffic. Moreover, they are capable of -and practice - critical thinking. They wont blindly jump.on a bandwagon of fake outrage, or spread disinformation.
I used to think this was just...normality. I used to believe that demonstrations of concern for other people was just what human beings did. I believed that you should treat others the way you like to be treated. I always knew that sometimes, people would clash over something or other, but there was the option to agree to disagree and rub along regardless..or just avoid each other and stick to the convention of basic, restrained politeness if you ran across each other by accident. Keep it civil. Don't lie about the "facts" of a matter to garner sympathy or gather a lynch mob to your "cause.
But social media in particular has broken this model. I watch with a sort of detached horror as I see people organise absolute dogpiles on some poor soul who has dared disagree with their view on Greggs' sausage rolls or whatever. And the news shows me the smiling, smirking faces of women who evidently think they have won some sort of moral crusade by being allowed to bully children. I mean. WHAT? They are no better than any other abuser, yet some of them genuinely try and claim they are "protecting women". No, love. You're not. You're concentrating on victimising those who cant fight back, because you're too much of a coward to face down the REAL threats out there. Some of you have done well out of the wealthy daddy, or famous husband and so you continue to protect the system that has given you cash. The very system that is the threat. Equality isn't such a terrible thing. Human rights for all doesn't detract from you unless you ENJOY being a total bitch to others and avoiding consequence, and think it's your right to do so. Newsflash. It's not.
I used to think this was just...normality. I used to believe that demonstrations of concern for other people was just what human beings did. I believed that you should treat others the way you like to be treated. I always knew that sometimes, people would clash over something or other, but there was the option to agree to disagree and rub along regardless..or just avoid each other and stick to the convention of basic, restrained politeness if you ran across each other by accident. Keep it civil. Don't lie about the "facts" of a matter to garner sympathy or gather a lynch mob to your "cause.
But social media in particular has broken this model. I watch with a sort of detached horror as I see people organise absolute dogpiles on some poor soul who has dared disagree with their view on Greggs' sausage rolls or whatever. And the news shows me the smiling, smirking faces of women who evidently think they have won some sort of moral crusade by being allowed to bully children. I mean. WHAT? They are no better than any other abuser, yet some of them genuinely try and claim they are "protecting women". No, love. You're not. You're concentrating on victimising those who cant fight back, because you're too much of a coward to face down the REAL threats out there. Some of you have done well out of the wealthy daddy, or famous husband and so you continue to protect the system that has given you cash. The very system that is the threat. Equality isn't such a terrible thing. Human rights for all doesn't detract from you unless you ENJOY being a total bitch to others and avoiding consequence, and think it's your right to do so. Newsflash. It's not.
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on 2026-04-06 12:15 am (UTC)