don't execute me for this, but I think people overreact about what shadow milk did to silent salt in by15 and in his timeline. in by15, silent salt trapped them in his realm of silence, killed them all besides smc, and forced them to go through their fears and trauma over and over again. he put them through their personal hells. and you're telling me he doesn't deserve to be killed and mocked by shadow milk? that he doesn't deserve to be turned into his puppet? if you think shadow milk deserved to get stabbed, you are being extremely hypocritical if you say it's "unfair" for shadow milk to kill him in revenge. it's the exact same thing.
additionally, silent salt was absolutely NOT being merciful when sealing them. if you think being trapped in that tree and in your own consciousness while your body was rotting ISNT a fate worse than death, you're making excuses atp.
people always call it out when people are making excuses to like shadow milk or when they justify his actions, but then never say anything when people do the same for silent salt. be so fr, they're the same amount of bad. he drove white lily to kill herself for something that was barely her fault, instead of even thinking about how she was talking about the right ways she could repent. he isn't a good person.
