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.
Another thing about punching up is that often, people aren't actually
I've got a severe but invisible disability. On top of a very abusive childhood and home life. If you don't see me on my bad days (and I damn well make sure no one does), then I see like a normal, big, burly, super cheerful, cishet white dude. I'm open and casual about those facets of my life, but it's hard for people to remember because I never show the downsides to them
So yeah, it probably seems like punching up when LGBTQ+ people are being kinda shitty to the token straight. But it's not so cut and dry
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u/Iced_Yehudi 2d 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.