If you would ever call anyone a “degenerate” or “freak” in hostility, for any reason, under any circumstances, you’re already on too many levels of fascism. Unpack it.
This.
Also what I like about this post: the mention of “levels of fascism”, fascist isn’t something you become one day with The Wrong Thought, it’s something that slowly comes, makes itself a nice comfy place in your brain. It starts with rhetoric, it tries to appear normal, it disguises itself as “common sense”, as “it’s just an insult for bad people”.
And it’s something you can peel off, starting with understanding that “degenerate” or “freak” aren’t weightless words, they are loaded, and people can be suspicious of you or don’t want to interact with you on the basis of you calling fellow humans “degenerates” for any reason whatsoever.