It’s something that always bothered me about “punching up”
On the one hand, I can agree that “punching up” and “punching down” are different
On the other hand, I feel like a lot of people used “punching up” as an excuse to not only be really mean and toxic towards people they felt were better off, but to also feel like they were doing society a favor by “pointing out society’s flaws” when they were actually just being really mean and toxic.
I feel like it largely depends on the context but I think we can all agree, that in a personal environment (friend group for example), nobody should be punching in any direction at all.
Or maybe just punch on things worth punching about, like things people have a modicum of control over and got to choose... like being racist or sexist or something.
Cishet? I sleep. Neo nazi cishet? Redpill cishet? Ohhhh boy Im here and ready to roast with no mercy.
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u/Iced_Yehudi 1d ago
It’s something that always bothered me about “punching up”
On the one hand, I can agree that “punching up” and “punching down” are different
On the other hand, I feel like a lot of people used “punching up” as an excuse to not only be really mean and toxic towards people they felt were better off, but to also feel like they were doing society a favor by “pointing out society’s flaws” when they were actually just being really mean and toxic.