• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    i guess some peoples minds do work like that and would just associate them being an asshole to getting punished for it. However i also know enough people who would have the opposite reaction and simply have a growing pent up hatred and lash out even harder to get back at others for making them look bad or weak or whatever.

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      1 year ago

      Okay, but what if they’d been able to bully a trans woman unopposed? They’re still going to do it as well.

      So if most people won’t try again after getting cowed, but a small number will do it no matter what, we should try and make them afraid to try again