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I've noticed something shitty-acting people do online. They approach you with bluster, invectives, vitriol, bravado, and slurs even, trying to 'live in your head rent-free,' 'get under your skin' (Liana's old favorite past time), and 'hurt' you;
2025-05-24 23:50:14.510 / 3lpxdk6t2hq2o
but when you bite back in an equal fashion, when you 'bring it' back, they cower, tail between their legs, and run out of the WalMart, yelling "Harassment! Harassment! Stop harassing me! Waaaah!"
2025-05-24 23:50:14.511 / 3lpxdk6t6eq2o
I don't care if I tagged you. I usually do that to talk *about* you and maybe you might want to know about it. It also *identifies* you to everyone else reading it (the horror, I know). I don't do it to hurl empty vitriolic insults at people for no reason.
2025-05-24 23:50:14.512 / 3lpxdk6t7dy2o
So, when you reply with all that bravado? You came to me, dude, not the other way around. You either approached me with vitriolic bs and passive-aggressiveness or insults, or, you talked about me and in doing so either misquoted me, misrepresented what I said or what happened, or lied about me.
2025-05-24 23:50:14.513 / 3lpxdk6t7dz2o
If you have a problem with me, or what I've said, and you talk about it honestly then we're good on that front. If you don't, then it is not unreasonable for me to respond in kind, (wtf?) and you should expect it.
2025-05-24 23:50:14.514 / 3lpxdk6t7e22o
You are not a victim of me when you victimize me. I do not do anything like this first. I might criticize, I might irritate, I might make fun of someone's stance or attitude, I might be sarcastic,
2025-05-24 23:50:14.515 / 3lpxdk6tadc2o
but usually it's me talking about someone's stance or opinion on my own timeline, or my interactions with them.
When I'm doing that I reasonably avoid hollow insults and ad hominem attacks that lack any substance. Others seem to not do that when it comes to me, and then they claim harassment.
2025-05-24 23:50:14.516 / 3lpxdk6tadd2o
I'm not going to allow myself to be effectively censored or punished because I'm capable of 'fighting' back effectively.
I'm not your punching bag. I'm not your Borderline lolcow to step on and laugh. I'm not your little peon that no one cares about to throw under the bus to avoid accountability.
2025-05-24 23:50:14.517 / 3lpxdk6tade2o
And if you didn't know that, if you don't know that, if you don't believe that, well… I can't help you.
I won't help you.
2025-05-24 23:50:14.518 / 3lpxdk6tadf2o
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