I would be much more persuaded by this argument if someone could draw a connection between my internal experience of anger and a Palestinian’s internal experience of being chill and happy. Do donations made in anger count double or something?
The Holocaust. Khmer Rouge. The Rape of Nanjing. Global Warming.
See? Words are easy.
It isn’t that people don’t care enough, it’s that they only have so much to go around and there is no cause so important that you get to dictate someone else’s state of mind 24/7 just because you say tragic words. Keep the fire burning but don’t think you get to sneer at others just because they’re burned out at the moment.
I wonder if Palestinians just want to be chill and happy
I would be much more persuaded by this argument if someone could draw a connection between my internal experience of anger and a Palestinian’s internal experience of being chill and happy. Do donations made in anger count double or something?
The Holocaust. Khmer Rouge. The Rape of Nanjing. Global Warming.
See? Words are easy.
It isn’t that people don’t care enough, it’s that they only have so much to go around and there is no cause so important that you get to dictate someone else’s state of mind 24/7 just because you say tragic words. Keep the fire burning but don’t think you get to sneer at others just because they’re burned out at the moment.