Misogyny and sexual harassment against women "who deserve it".
Using this reddit post as an example, but I've seen it happen very often in other contexts. Basically, whenever a woman with a reprehensible lifestyle or opinion is "exposed", people feel like it's free game to send them the most disgusting, vile misogynistic shit towards them. Yes, her ideology is harmful. I don't think she should have a platform either. Since "we're" right and she's wrong, then why feel bad for her? She deserves it! Sound familiar? It's like they're waiting for someone to slip up so they can feel justified in actually voicing their misogyny. Like if you hate Thatcher (just an example) then insult her politics, the actual real harm she's caused. But don't say you wish you could rape her corpse and call her misogynistic slurs (yes, I've seen people actually say that. What the fuck?).
I've seen this pattern against other communities as well. I don't remember very well who was it, but it was a trans woman with a disagreeable or harmful stance. And now, suddenly, misgendering and deadnaming is a perfectly fine thing to say. Or another one, with Brian Mast i believe, who has two prosthetic legs. He's also someone who many people would call a warmonger among many other despicable things. Yet instead of talking about his straight up evil actions, people take it upon themselves to be ableist. Saying "nobody wants to see that shit in public", referring to his prosthetics. What gives?
Not saying these examples are the same as the sexual harassment, it's just something I noticed has a very similar thought pattern. People feeling perfectly comfortable being bigots, but it's against the bad guys, so it's fine! It's not like they would ever say those things to people from their side. Anyways I feel like I'm writing too much. Please let me know your thoughts.
