i can see that. but there's becoming a better person and then there's using these things you have done to be a better person to try to excuse what you have done in the past.
That's it. Holy shit, that's EXACTLY what was bothering me about this.
Like, I'll absolutely accept that he's trying to fight rape culture, doing stuff to try and atone for what he did. I have no reason not to, so I'll give him that at least.
But you're spot on in that it reads not like "I did this shitty thing, now I'm trying to do this because of it" but "I did this shitty thing but it doesn't count as totally shitty because I'm now trying to do this".
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(Anonymous) 2013-04-14 06:29 am (UTC)(link)That's it. Holy shit, that's EXACTLY what was bothering me about this.
Like, I'll absolutely accept that he's trying to fight rape culture, doing stuff to try and atone for what he did. I have no reason not to, so I'll give him that at least.
But you're spot on in that it reads not like "I did this shitty thing, now I'm trying to do this because of it" but "I did this shitty thing but it doesn't count as totally shitty because I'm now trying to do this".
Well phrased.