late night initiative

"Can I go hug my mom?" She works there: yes.

"There is a daddy longlegs" We are outside. They live here.

"What group am I in?" Bro. You know the people you've been following around all day?

"We go to snack after this." Correct. Not a question but okay.

*Receives a piece of paper with words on it* "But I can't read :(" I know bud. It's for your grown-ups, like I said.

"I can read!" Okay so you just wanted to show up that other kid.

Cue the counter accusations against Amber Heard.

“OK, but not pedophiles.”

Cue all of the “groomer” accusations from reactionaries looking to eradicate trans and queer people from public life.

“All right, but that doesn’t include LITERAL NAZIS. That’s just a warmed up version of the paradox of tolerance.”

Cue how Russia sought to justify its invasion of Ukraine and the justifications of war crimes done there. If someone didn’t support the invasion and occupation of their country, surely that meant they were one of those Ukrainians in need of de-Nazification, which justified all violations of them up to and including torture and death. The USA did similar things with “terrorists” and “enemy combatants”, and huge portions of the USAian population forgave it if not actively supporting it.

When you say, “These people lie outside of humanity and they deserve anything that happens to them,” you are guaranteeing people with power will shove their victims into that category.

That doesn’t mean pacifism. It doesn’t mean that individual abusers and fascist movement ought to only be stopped “civilly” or through debate.

I can't imagine that man angsting. But I want to see him yell at Ben Affleck or Robert Pattinson really baddd plssss