• EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    You give an example of why one way might be more harmful than the other, but not why we can’t just allow people to enjoy their interests in peace.

    You are basically saying “well, it’s okay to act like asshole to everyone who likes sports because some people who like sports are assholes to other people!”

    It’s a dumb point, especially if you see the harm in it yet still try to justify it.

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      6 months ago

      Punching up highlights the ongoing problems of people punching down. The enlightened centrism approach of “can’t we all just get along” has never worked. Suffering silently has never worked.

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            6 months ago

            Can you describe how thats punching up? Because I don’t see it. Are all strikes now “punching up”?

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              6 months ago

              … Yes?

              In a situation with two groups with a significant power differential, the group with less power is “down” and the group with more power is “up”. Punching up is exactly what it sounds like, given that situation.

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                6 months ago

                I’ve always heard it used, and I believe it originates from, comedy.

                If the question is “have strikes ever worked?” Well yeah of course they have. But peacefully working along side other people has also had success in the past. So if we are drastically expanding the definition, then the point still falls apart.