more hostility doesn’t help anyone

fierceawakening:

https://peoples-defense.tumblr.com/post/175408079113/we-need-safe-spaces-for-questioning-folk-that

Okay then I’ll make a post so as not to derail:

I do not like “punching up.” Whatever you mean, I mean that full stop. I do not think punches are as easy to aim as you do.

I think it is generally a distraction tactic: if we spend all our outrage on laughing at cishit fashion sense or whatever the hellfuck of the week is, by the time the powerful cishits in the government do something like take away our rights we’re sad and tired.

I discourage you from mocking people with scrupulosity issues who want to help because not only is hurting them bullshit, but some of the energy you could spend fighting back is used up on attacking vulnerable people who may well be just as oppressed as you but who also happen to be cis or straight.

I do not know what op means when they talk about worrying about our image so they may mean something else…

But If *you* think that’s me worrying about “my image” you have the mental acuity of a pulverized cactus.