I guess if you are voluntarily refusing to give yourself an out, that’s your right.
But you absolutely are not required to feel any culpability for this. The meme is satire. The system which precipitated the current crisis wasn’t a product of you, nor your generation, nor even the previous one. You are operating as a reasonable and honest individual looking out for their neighbor in a shitty fucking situation.
The evil and oppression of centuries of white capitalists, imperialists, colonialists and slaveowners is not a cross that needs to dig into your own emotional wellbeing, this point only strengthened by the fact that none of those oppressive scum ever shed a single tear for the terror they wrought.
Thank you for your honesty and courage in posting this. I wish you a bright today and tomorrow ♥️
I appreciate the kind words, but I’m only responsible for my own actions, and at the end of the day, I have the ability to buy a ticket to Israel or DC to start a protest there.
It wouldn’t do much good with just me, but maybe I’d drum up some support and get a few people to join me. That’s how movements start, after all - one person becomes a few, becomes a lot, becomes a force to be reckoned with. But I’m not doing that. I’m posting on social media just like the “thoughts and prayers” crowd.
This whole situation has shown me exactly how people can let atrocities happen - they simply don’t believe their actions would be enough to make a difference, so they sit and hope someone has the balls to do what they can’t bring themselves to.
For what it’s worth, internet protest is a thing too.
I don’t know about you, but I grew up basically permanently online, and I gained a lot of my current political insight from raw and honest comments just like yours. It might not seem like it, but there are certainly eyes taking in your words right now that might change the way they look at the situation. While the barrier to entry for internet posting is low, that doesn’t make the outcome value of it nill.
And check out some local protests. The media has made it so that you certainly don’t need to book a ticket to DC to make your voice heard. 🫶
Holy shit homie :(
I guess if you are voluntarily refusing to give yourself an out, that’s your right.
But you absolutely are not required to feel any culpability for this. The meme is satire. The system which precipitated the current crisis wasn’t a product of you, nor your generation, nor even the previous one. You are operating as a reasonable and honest individual looking out for their neighbor in a shitty fucking situation.
The evil and oppression of centuries of white capitalists, imperialists, colonialists and slaveowners is not a cross that needs to dig into your own emotional wellbeing, this point only strengthened by the fact that none of those oppressive scum ever shed a single tear for the terror they wrought.
Thank you for your honesty and courage in posting this. I wish you a bright today and tomorrow ♥️
I appreciate the kind words, but I’m only responsible for my own actions, and at the end of the day, I have the ability to buy a ticket to Israel or DC to start a protest there.
It wouldn’t do much good with just me, but maybe I’d drum up some support and get a few people to join me. That’s how movements start, after all - one person becomes a few, becomes a lot, becomes a force to be reckoned with. But I’m not doing that. I’m posting on social media just like the “thoughts and prayers” crowd.
This whole situation has shown me exactly how people can let atrocities happen - they simply don’t believe their actions would be enough to make a difference, so they sit and hope someone has the balls to do what they can’t bring themselves to.
For what it’s worth, internet protest is a thing too.
I don’t know about you, but I grew up basically permanently online, and I gained a lot of my current political insight from raw and honest comments just like yours. It might not seem like it, but there are certainly eyes taking in your words right now that might change the way they look at the situation. While the barrier to entry for internet posting is low, that doesn’t make the outcome value of it nill.
And check out some local protests. The media has made it so that you certainly don’t need to book a ticket to DC to make your voice heard. 🫶
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