I understand how, when it comes to sensitive topics, people shut their brains down. I get it. I really do. But it's exhausting how many times I have to be like "There are no thought crimes, you have to actually harm someone or contribute to the harm of someone for you to be have done something bad."
And then I get legions of people who are like "Ah, so you're okay with people DOING BAD THINGS?" No, I'm explicitly against that
"Ah but if they DID THE BAD THINGS, it's because they were THINKING ABOUT IT and WANTING TO DO IT." Correct. The problem is the doing
"Oh, so you think NO ONE who EVER thought about doing bad things has EVER done a bad thing??" No. I'm sure many of them did think about it beforehand. I'm sure many also did not. It's the doing that's the issue
"So you want me to be COOL with PEOPLE DOING BAD THINGS" No. The doing is the problem. I also don't expect you to be cool with anything, I don't know you or care about you and nobody is owed any particular emotional reaction
"YOU WANT ME TO LOVE PEOPLE WHO DO BAD THINGS" Not really no
"YOU WANT ME TO KISS PEOPLE WHO THINK HARMFUL THOUGHTS ON THE MOUTH" Not really no
"SO YOU LOVE WHEN BAD THINGS ARE DONE" Where am I losing you
does anyone wnt to turn into a creature with me. it does have to be weird btw
im starting a foundation to introduce underprivileged children to forbidden techniques
one of my earliest video game memories was my neighbor from down the street burning me a copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon onto a CD and giving it to me for free, with the caveat that one day a week he would sit behind me and backseat game HARD. like "build this here, okay now build this here, no not there, HERE, okay now make a path here," etc etc. i never minded it at the time, i genuinely had no idea how to play so i thought he was teaching me. years later i learned that him and his family were Orthodox Jewish and him backseat gaming me was his way of getting around the Sabbath ban on playing video games







