a pattern i notice is
person : hey i used to be a bigot/abuser but i made active efforts to be a better person and i'm now not that person anymore
comments : ok do you want a pat on the back for the bare fucking minimum. fuck you. evil irredeemable person
like you realize that people can be raised into harmful ideologies and not question them until later in life and that it takes introspection and active efforts to understand your harmful actions and make change to your behavior right
it may be the bare minimum for civil behaviour, but actually getting yourself out of harmful mindsets is fucking hard. stop pretending it isn't. you are not immune to propaganda. you're not infallible.
edit : heads up, i turned notifs for this off because there's just too many to deal with- maybe i'll turn them back on when things calm down
edit : turned notifs back on!
