You feeling all right skippy you seam to rambling
Oh yāknow what I read that as being directed at RQ, not the Garotte Phantom himself Mr. Dennis Rader.
Iām good. Iām high as hell, but Iām good.
Then you read it right
Oh. Well then I go back to my previous stance.
to be expected itās only wrong when a Christian dose it
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What, torturing small animals? Nah cuz, thatās bad whenever ANYONE does it. Not sure what youāre referring to.
See, sometimes I think that the Catholics kind of have a point, because the whole ājust accept Jesus and you get into Heavenā thing the Protestants have going on sounds like a cheat code to me. On the other hand, the Catholic church is notorious for corruption, and there was a significant period of time in which you could essentially buy your way into Heaven. Jesus probably didnāt see that coming when he kicked those money changers out of the temple.
I think either way, God would know if someoneās trying to bullshit their way through the Pearly Gates. Heās supposed to be omniscient, right? Iām not religious myself, but I like to think about this kind of thing.
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Where did I say anything like that?
Iām not saying anything bad about the image, Iām saying that itās āfunnyā that heās choosing to take a stance about whoās political positions get to be āempatheticā or not in the comments of that kind of image. You can think whatever you want. You can make whatever kind of art you want. But how do you seriously not see the blatant irony about complaining others donāt have empathy in the comments of your art on a ātorture-pornā site?
Well seeing as a core aspect of this art scene is that fluffies are meant to be empathy magnets, no. I donāt see any irony in it. RQ generally makes fluffies who are completely innocent victims BECAUSE you can empathize better with them. A lot of folks use art like this to process lived experience of times where others treated US totally without empathy, and this picture is an example of that.
Growing up queer in middle America, I was EXTREMELY well acquainted with Christians and their supposedly unconditional love and empathy. I found it to be lacking.
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Wow, that is either utter desperation to ācome out on topā in this, or that is some ridiculously disturbing implications right there, m8.
literally lol.
Iāve seen way too much of this site, this art, and the mechanisms of actual psychological trauma to believe any of that without āwe all need to be committedā being the only response if itās even remotely true.
This was fun, though.
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āThis just in, artists use art to process their feelings. Local commenter seemingly mystified by this sorcery.ā Come on man, use your head a bit.
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āCome on man, use your head a bit.ā
Yeah. Youāre acting like this isnāt art, like the idea it could be trying to express an idea is laughable. Why?
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I donāt remember saying anything of the sort.
You were pushing back on interpretations of the art as anything more than ātorture pornā to dismiss discussions about the political messaging inherent in the work. Iām not sure how else to take that, but feel free to correct me if Iām misunderstanding your hot take.
Iām pushing back on that particular interpretation of the art, because āpeople were mean to me, so Iām going to vent via depicting the brutal rape and/or murder of small animalsā has a lot of implications which make you look ridiculously worse than just ātorture pornā.
Letās walk back for a recap here.
You started by objecting to RQ characterizing Christians in a negative moral light by saying it was ironic to make such a statement in the comments of some art you find distasteful. This is wrong because it implies that the ACTUAL harm that RQ is referring to regarding Christians theyāve known is in any way morally equivalent to writing a story about over the top cartoon violence mixed with exploitation melodrama.
You then suggested that posting here somehow indicates a LACK of empathy. I donāt have any direct argument here, thatās just a really silly claim to make.
Then when I explained how these concepts might be connected, you reacted by mocking that interpretation and saying it would indicate we all need to be committed. I think thatās almost as silly as the last claim, but at least I can answer this one by reminding you that this art and the stories within it are fiction and should not be cause for alarm. Itās made up. Itās not dangerous.
Then you tried to turn my insult back, which didnāt really make sense in context. Now weāre back here. Wasnāt that fun? I had a great time.
So what āimplicationsā are you referring to that have you all worked up?
Never said that. I have, however, pointed out that I never said that.
The āactual harmā of their voting habits, I guess.
Either Iām not going to take āpeople were mean to me, so Iām going to vent via depicting the brutal rape and/or murder of small animalsā seriously and continue as I am, and just assume this is one of those āIām not actively sucking an OPās dick on the comments in a niche community, therefore I am literally Hitlerā things, or I am going to take it seriously, in which case, yeah, thatās literally when legitimately disturbed people tend to start getting scrutinized. Things being āfiction and made upā is one thing. If said āpeople are mean to meā thoughts are what is driving you to create those made-up fictions, thatās literally textbook red-flag ācause for alarmā.
But I donāt honestly think the latter is where youāre actually coming from, I think you just got all worked up about someone on the interwebs not kissing enough ass, already chose a āsideā, and are grasping at straws to white knight or something along those lines. You wanna hate the Christians for whatever slights real or imaginary, you go ahead, I honestly donāt give a shit. My point is and always has been: bitching about them here is like bitching about counterfeiting on a shoplifting forum. And Iām going to point that out, because hypocrisy. And Iām going to poke fun at you flailing around trying to white knight the whole thing, because thatās honestly been kind of amusing.
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Are you ready for a shocking twist?
I actually AM a Christian.
Not joking.
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Itās not hypocrisy, you stubborn dope. Itās art. Quit being so fucking precious about it, and quit telling people weāre āwrongā or āsickā for channeling difficult experiences into art. It makes you sound like exactly the sort of pearl clutching moralizers that RQ was making fun of.
RQ who, if you bothered paying attention, is Christian themselves.
You showed up in an art forum to tell people how to feel about their lives and how theyāre āallowedā to express that. Itās petty and shitty and pointless. Just fuck off. You obviously think everyone here is dangerous and deranged, so pound sand. Nobody needs your toxic bullshit around here, and nobody cares that youāre uncomfortable with how we express ourselves.
Now go ahead. Say some 2009 ass bullshit about how ātriggeredā I am. Maybe identify as an attack helicopter or whatever the fuck it is people like you do.
Well YEAH. Where I come from, Right Wing politics has gotten thousands of people killed just by COVID alone. They created an extremely toxic environment for anyone who wasnāt a straight Christian, and if you deviated you faced overwhelming social consequences because it was the Bible belt and they didnāt consider you their equal.
They vote to strip basic rights from us. They discriminate against us where they can, and they lobby hard to be ABLE to discriminate against us where they CANāT. Youāre goddamned right their āvoting habitsā are harmful.
Or is all of THAT just meaningless whining to you, too? Asking for a friend.
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