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Your points in the post above are clearly, unambiguously directed at the victim. It's bizarre for you to claim otherwise.

>"you should internalize the fact that it shouldn't matter one bit what a few random internet commentators say or think about you."

Emphasis mine, words yours.

>"These are pictures of you naked. Why is that a problem?"

What the fuck? That's really the cogent response I can muster to this.



It's bizarre for you to claim my points are directed at the victim, when I'm arguing that isn't my intention.

My point is: if someone would have internalized that, what happened would be less of a problem. However, internalizing such things is more likely if everyone around you has internalized those things, which would already go a much longer way towards making what happened less of a problem.

The train of thought starts at the first point, suggests a solution, but doesn't say that only that single point is the solution. The entirety of the post suggests a solution, in which most people would not consider what happened a problem anymore. And only the entirety is the message. That single point out of context isn't.


Your "solution" is nothing more than the "just ignore it" tripe that victims already hear enough. Framing it in big words and bullet points adds no real weight.


You are knee-jerk reacting to what you perceive as victim-blaming. I am arguing that the beliefs of people need to change for it to be possible to 'just ignore it'. So yes, the solution ultimately is 'just ignore it', but because circumstances are such that ignoring it is possible. And because that is possible, it wouldn't happen in the first place. So I'm not saying either of the women mentioned could solve their current problem by 'ignoring it'.

Though experiment: suppose there were only three people in the world: you, a girl I vaguely knew and someone you both didn't know and didn't communicate with. In that case, the 'someone' couldn't possibly harass the girl by posting nasty online comments, because you and her just wouldn't have any reason to care. If there was a fourth, an ex-boyfriend, who posted nude picture online, but was otherwise not a threat and not being an ass, then there still needn't be any reason to care. Extrapolate to a world.

P.S. What do you consider 'big words'?


Right, I get it. Your solution is "everyone just ignore it!"

"Big words" really means "too many words" in this case. Sorry for the confusion.




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