• @stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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    -61 month ago

    When judging the action presented in the comics, who really cares whether it happened or not. I’m not judging the author for something he did, but something that a lot of people in this thread seems to be cheering for, which is to scream at people for doing something they disagree with and think as pathetic. You know, the type of behaviour that the American Conservative like to do to people they don’t like. Those kinds of behaviour are just horrible, imo, regardless of how good your intention for doing it is.

    As for whether I’m autistic, I don’t know. I’ve never tried getting a diagnosis.

    • shuzuko
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      41 month ago

      Art is catharsis. People who are “cheering” for it are doing so because it resonates with them, because seeing a jackass get ridiculed and made uncomfortable is a reversal of the usual state of things, not because they think it’s actually a good idea. The juxtaposition of a woman loudly narrating the exact thing that the guy is already wordlessly broadcasting is not to paint the action as anyone’s goal but to give those of us who feel terrorized by someone trying to show off how “badass” they are a bit of a laugh. It’s not a vote or endorsement for that kind of behavior; it’s more like an expression of schadenfreude or an acknowledgement of intrusive thoughts.