Actually the day I beat the shit out of my bully was incredibly satisfying and did not leave me wanting. It was also relatively easy to achieve. I fulfilled a primal desire that day. It was very nice.
It was also very nice to beat up neo-nazis.
You don’t know the things I have done to people ≖‿≖
You have to live with the oversteps too you know
I’m in a beautiful place now. One of the places that taught America about the laws of power that govern revenge. And I never have to see those kinds of pigs as much these days. I’m in heaven Regon, I don’t like to think about why I don’t belong here. Someday you may have a chance to decide whether you live your life stained. Don’t choose that
Well I’m quoting one of the main spokespeople for Ansar Allah and they do regularly beat up fascists there’s a reason why you didn’t gouge their eye out there’s a reason why you didn’t piss on them it’s because you made them fear you instead of despise you so you didn’t need to go and destroy them
You’re not above the laws of power that govern revenge. Nobody is ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀
Well I’m quoting one of the main spokespeople for Ansar Allah and they do regularly beat up fascists
Ah okay an authority figure said it, I guess my experience is wrong then.
there’s a reason why you didn’t gouge their eye out there’s a reason why you didn’t piss on them
Yeah cause it would have been a massive escalation for what they’d done and I do not hold that tremendous capacity for violence. It wasn’t out of empathy or anything. I bit a hole in their cheek though, serves them right. Had I done what you’d said then I’d probably have been institutionalised, which would have sucked.
I have beat up plenty of fascists though. I feel good about having done it. Not out of any sensation of feeling as though I’ve left them fearing me, but out of a sensation of having exerted righteous retribution.
You’re not above the laws of power that govern revenge. Nobody is ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀
Thanks for the weird condescending tone here at the end, really sells it. I’m not saying I am. I am disagreeing with the statement as being a universal law.
Exerting violence is pleasurable for a great many people - There’s a reason cops do it all the time. It makes people feel powerful. I am thankful I didn’t feel good about dishing out violence, but I will not lie and say I did not feel good about punishing people who I felt deserved it. Idealism serves no one and lying about how things actually are only makes them harder to treat and handle.
There’s a reason we don’t just let victims decide what the punishment should be, even in socialist states.
As smug and insufferable as Adam Conover’s character was in that show, IRL he’s making progress leftward and has been an active labor organizer for years, so he’s earned my respect.
Wish he would read some theory. He’s sooo fucking close and would make a good ally.
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Actually the day I beat the shit out of my bully was incredibly satisfying and did not leave me wanting. It was also relatively easy to achieve. I fulfilled a primal desire that day. It was very nice.
It was also very nice to beat up neo-nazis.
You don’t know the things I have done to people ≖‿≖
You have to live with the oversteps too you know
I’m in a beautiful place now. One of the places that taught America about the laws of power that govern revenge. And I never have to see those kinds of pigs as much these days. I’m in heaven Regon, I don’t like to think about why I don’t belong here. Someday you may have a chance to decide whether you live your life stained. Don’t choose that
Lmao what the fuck is this edgelord shit
That was a toxic amount of cringe and smugness. I’m disengaging from this conversation
Well I’m quoting one of the main spokespeople for Ansar Allah and they do regularly beat up fascists there’s a reason why you didn’t gouge their eye out there’s a reason why you didn’t piss on them it’s because you made them fear you instead of despise you so you didn’t need to go and destroy them
You’re not above the laws of power that govern revenge. Nobody is ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀
Ah okay an authority figure said it, I guess my experience is wrong then.
Yeah cause it would have been a massive escalation for what they’d done and I do not hold that tremendous capacity for violence. It wasn’t out of empathy or anything. I bit a hole in their cheek though, serves them right. Had I done what you’d said then I’d probably have been institutionalised, which would have sucked.
I have beat up plenty of fascists though. I feel good about having done it. Not out of any sensation of feeling as though I’ve left them fearing me, but out of a sensation of having exerted righteous retribution.
Thanks for the weird condescending tone here at the end, really sells it. I’m not saying I am. I am disagreeing with the statement as being a universal law.
Exerting violence is pleasurable for a great many people - There’s a reason cops do it all the time. It makes people feel powerful. I am thankful I didn’t feel good about dishing out violence, but I will not lie and say I did not feel good about punishing people who I felt deserved it. Idealism serves no one and lying about how things actually are only makes them harder to treat and handle.
There’s a reason we don’t just let victims decide what the punishment should be, even in socialist states.
As smug and insufferable as Adam Conover’s character was in that show, IRL he’s making progress leftward and has been an active labor organizer for years, so he’s earned my respect.
Wish he would read some theory. He’s sooo fucking close and would make a good ally.
I don’t think Adam’s character is insufferable, though that probably says more about me than him.
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