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It's certainly not the same as it ever was. I think you're missing the distinction between "punching up" and "punching down". Punching up - taking aim at domina
by standardUser 5y ago
It's certainly not the same as it ever was. I think you're missing the distinction between "punching up" and "punching down". Punching up - taking aim at dominant power structures - is a necessary part of social advancement. Punching down is just cruel. Punching down used to be encouraged and celebrated, now it isn't, and some people are mad that they can't get away with it any longer.
- ipaddr 5y agoAre you sure it's not celebrated? The poor rural folks often are a target. Christains.. anti-vaxxers. What has changed is you are part of the group punching down but you think you are punching up. It always happens this way. That other group is always: wrong, dangerous, not like us and any action against them is justified. Seen it, heard it before. The interesting part is when the groups switch and people still think they are an underdog.