this post is fundamentally correct. if the idea of cringe someone is killing is the acceptable kind of cringe - having an emo phase, listening to Smashmouth, wearing Invader Zim merch, etc - then you're not really killing cringe. you're just hiding it under the rug. if we truly wish to exterminate the cringe within us, we have to accept our feelings - of disgust, shame, embarrassment, whatever - and remind ourselves that while it's fine to feel that way, it's not okay to externalize that by bullying people who aren't hurting anybody.
whether it's ABDL, feral art, or whatever else, we need to remember that we're not the ones engaging with those activities, so it's none of our business. ABDLers shouldn't have to describe their traumas to justify their activities to us, either - and the fact that it has come to that level and been that way in online circles for years now is, imo, terrible.
