Hate Online and Social Justice

Hate Online and Social Justice

Hi everybody, Mary here.

So, I really wanted to address hate and how people who deal with "sensitive topics" recieve more hate than ever... and I will make a couple of quick points right now.

1) I really love seeing how Americans are so attached to their "freedom of speech". Because as a French person, the only definition I know of freedom if speech is the right to express yourself in public spaces or in the media without fearing censorship from the government or a position of power. (and it is the actual definition of freedom of speech)

2) Basically, I believe that sending unneccesary hate, doxxing, death threats, threats of violence, mockery, hate videos, incitation to hate or violence don't fall in the "freedom of speech" category. You are just being a complete asshole with nothing else to do with their time rather than spending your time and your efforts into slandering, plagarising, and sending hate to people you know are just talking about subjects that affect their daily lives. So calm the fuck down and take a breath. Go out with your friends. Watch some of your favourite movies or TV shows. I'm pretty damn sure there are millions of things that are better to do than send hate over the Internet.

3) I am open to criticism and arguments that do not necessarily agree with me, and opening my mind to different perspectives. However, I do believe that saying "the things you claim to exist do not actually exist" or "quit whining, others have it worse" aren't a "conversation". You are just trying to derail the conversation, make it about you or your supposed "pawns", claiming that our experiences aren't actually real and you are being a condescending, ableist prick (because derealisation is real and it affects many people).

Basically, here's my stance : there are topics on which you cannot have "debates". You can't have a "debate" on whether women should be able to abort or not, especially if you are a man. You can't have a "debate" on "whether misogyny is a systematic oppression by society or not". You can't have a "debate" on "whether you see the struggles of women, POCs, disabled people, or otherwise marginalised people exist as real or not".

Most of the time, our "social justice" articles, posts, videos and other creations are not here to make us look more enlightened or more educated than you. Sure, everyone can learn and everyone's been ignorant before educating themselves (myself included !). But there's a difference between having a debate on valid topics and sending hate. There's a difference between having a debate on a valid topic and basically saying that our oppression isn't real, our experiences aren't real or we are just making up stories "for attention", all while throwing ableist slurs at our faces.

If you aren't willing to learn and educate yourself when you have the possibility to do so, and when we're making our stories available to you so you can become a better person, then you are just a jerk who doesn't deserve any of my attention or my time. Goodbye forever.

Okay, that's pretty much for this post, and I will see you soon with a new one !

And as usual, our last word : KIDNEYS !