It’s always weird to me how I see all these arguments on here about “charity to one’s enemies,” and whether this is some sort of subcultural nerd fetish, or, like, a reactionary thing, or whatever, when the most extreme versions of “charity to one’s enemies” espoused online are basically classed under “don’t be a dick” by most people I’ve encountered IRL

Like, obviously not everyone succeeds at this 100% of the time, but it seems widely accepted as an obviously good thing among everyone I know who isn’t some sort of hardcore internet argument junkie