>>120653I've always seen myself as a pacifist, because I can see the humanity in abusive people, I know that they're operating under the same human nature as I, I understand that hurt people hurt people and I've had a hard time reconciling these views with my abusive dad's misogyny and so on, whatever, but I was determined that I'd never want to stoop down to someone's level, to become vindictively murderous when there is a better way…
But then someone raped my mum. She didn't report it. I've never seen a report of sexual abuse work out in the first place. I only found out about it because this man's wife called my mum about why she cheated with her husband. He didn't call it rape, he called it cheating, as if breaking into her home at night and threatening her was merely "cheating on his wife". And I felt such rage. I kept asking myself "Is there really no other way? Is that it? He can just do that and the only repercussion is his wife being upset about him 'cheating'?" and… I've never wanted to kill anyone as much as that man, that shitty cultist and "friendly neighbour" rapist who hurt my mum so much, she was afraid to sleep at night and couldn't even tell me about it because I was also just a minor and just… I found out years after the fact, I don't know where he lives, but when I remember this, I still just want him dead. But truly, I wish the law and police could've been reliable and trustworthy at the time and landed this rapist in prison. But none of the rapists I know ever went to prison. And I don't know what to do about it…
I used to think myself above being swayed by my emotions to commit a murder of vengeance, to even entertain that I could ever be in favour of such a crime. But I had to accept that I'm not above that kind of feeling at all…
I don't think it's likely that I'll ever find myself in a situation where I'd really kill someone… I still would prefer a solution and outcome where no one has to die… Where the law does a great job and no people would be tempted by vigilantism, where these cases are taken seriously and rapists face some repercussions… But in my experience, they just don't. And I do worry that I could feel tempted to really hurt someone under certain circumstances. I'd rather not be in that kind of situation, but… Yeah…
So anyway, that's how I felt.