this is so disturbing imo

no, you’re wrong, i’m sorry. people are people, some make mistakes, some are hateful, some don’t know better. the internet doesn’t get to be executioner. the internet doesn’t get to ruin people’s lives by doxing them, by getting them fired, by sending death and rape threats, by tearing down their lives brick by brick. that’s what awful, immoral people do. that’s what bigots usually do. you don’t fight hate with hate you don’t fight fire with fire. the expression fighting fire with fire is literally founded on the basis that fighting fire with fire MAKES NO SENSE and DOESN’T WORK and only makes the fire expand and hurt more people.

christ, this website scares me. yes, you are supposed to mother theresa people and guide them to your viewpoint, asshole. that is the whole goddamn fucking point. that’s literally your fucking JOB DESCRIPTION. YOU ARE AN ACTIVIST. ACTIVISTS CHANGE MINDS. ACTIVISTS ARE NOT INTERNET MOBS YOU SIC ON PEOPLE. your entire job - you entire existence as an activist, as someone who fights for human rights and equality, is to educate people and change their minds. that’s it. that’s what you’re supposed to do. you don’t get to say i’m so sick of bigotry i’m going to do what they do to me back at them. you don’t get to fight hate with hate because you think when they told you to treat others as you want to be treated in kindergarten that they were secretly brainwashing you to become complacent against an unjust hierarchal structure in society. nope! breaking news, they just wanted you to have fucking EMPATHY, they wanted you to learn morals and values and principles because when those crumble, any time they crumble, whether you think you’re on the side of the angels or not, you are making it worse.

every fucking time you surrender a piece of your values because the “other side” is hateful and bigoted not only compromises you, but your entire cause. people point to you, your hatred, your VENGEANCE, and that is a crack in the wall of the morals you are trying to defend. you become a representative of the cause and when you act out of line that’s the cause taking a hit, more than you. when people tweet #SayNoToHydraCap they get articles, interest, people on their side. when people tweet @ nick spencer calling him a rat, a piece of shit, telling him to kill himself, sending death threats, calling for him to be fired, circulating his personal information to encourage harassment, you’re DONE. the cause is over. the articles turn into the death threats nick spencer is getting and how fandom is entitled and how social media is a dangerous platform for creators. that’s it. in a SNAP, in the blink of a fucking eye, the entire campaign is done, it’s over.

when you are standing on ground that you state is higher because it’s the fucking moral high ground, when you’re fighting for principles like equality and justice, you have to behave fucking differently than the people around you. you have to uphold those principles. when you turn hateful and destructive, you are hurting your cause more than you are hurting people against your cause.

activism is about changing minds. activism is about educating people. activism is supposed to be a CALLING for people who want to dedicate their lives to making the world a better place. activism takes time, it takes patience, it takes hand holding and peace and a will to rise above hateful behavior. if you can’t handle that, if that is just too much gosh darn work for you, if you think that standing on higher moral ground by being a fucking decent fucking human fucking being is TOO MUCH, or worse that it’s rigged, that white men have been telling you all this time to be nice because they were tricking you into letting them take the power, then activism is not for you. activism is not a place for you to channel your anger and frustration into hatred and violence. you do not just speak for yourself, but for an entire group of people who are fighting for a cause. you don’t get to shit on that cause with your childish ass he-hit-me-first nonsense. if you can’t fucking handle BEING A GOOD PERSON DESPITE OTHER PEOPLE BEING BAD PEOPLE, then activism is just NOT for you. you are harming more than helping.