firelordderpy:

h-e-i-s-e-n-b-e-r-g:

buckythirteen: “dont fight hate with hate” so u admit, u hate us? “dont fight fire with fire” so u admit, u set the fire? this is like when people say “feminists just want to switch the roles so women are above men instead!” …so, you’re recognising that there is already an existing inequality and power imbalance

1: The people giving that advice are usually not part of the group hating on you, they don’t like that group either and are giving advice on how they think it is best to combat the hating group.

2: Fighting fire with fire is usually not effective, it SOMETIMES is, but only when planned, and strategically used. If there’s a wildfire you don’t randomly drop napalm, but you might burn brush around the fire in a controlled manner to prevent the big fire’s spread. The key there is that it is planned and intentionally used, no random.

3: Protesters randomly beating the snot out of each other or seeing someone say something hateful and punching them is not effective. Hating someone blindly prevents you from seeing someone who might be turned to your side if the right conditions are met, or someone who might have been on your side had conditions been different and should be seen as a warning how to prevent others from falling into their side.