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    7 months ago

    Do I have to try to convince you that you should care about other people? Specifically, people you don’t already know personally.

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        7 months ago

        You’re right that I don’t know you. All I got was your post.

        When you wrote, “what exactly is offered to these friends for them to leave the comfort of their homes?”, it came off as very transactional. Like, “I don’t care about other people and their struggles, unless I’m being offered something.”. That’s why I ask if I’d need to sell you on the idea of caring about people.

        I don’t know how much you’re doing. Your whole tangent about comparing weiners is kind of a non sequitur.

        Your line “I just help others because it needs to be done without my ego getting in the way.” specifically seems to contradict “what are you offering them?”

        So I don’t know what your deal is.

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            7 months ago

            You’re really going to bat hard for people you don’t even know, huh.

            Atacking them based on a characterization? What? My point is they’re not going to protests or doing much to resist the trump admin, and they’re privileged enough that they’re not in any personal danger. They know why they’re being asked to go. It’s on the news and internet, too. They decided they’d rather just stay home and play video games.

            I know one thing though. you’re a shit friend for attacking them for things they can’t change and implying they are wrong for being it.

            lol what. Are you serious? They’re not being attacked for their immutable properties. They’re being derided for staying home instead of doing a bare minimum.

            Why are you so worked up about this? Did you also freak out about the “in the woods: man or bear?” thing?

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                7 months ago

                It’s not a betrayal. That’s an absurd characterization.

                They’re not being mocked for their immutable traits. They’re being mildly disparaged for not doing anything to resist the trump administration, and the fact that they are personally extremely safe is being pointed out. They are not being insulted for being cis het white guys. They are being mildly insulted for staying home playing video games while fascism is outside shooting journalists.

                The fact that they’re cishet white etc is brought up because it’s, let’s say, interesting that they’re not doing anything when they’re not in any personal danger. There’s a whole poem about that, the one that ends with “and there was no one left to speak for me.”.

                Let me say it again. They’re not being attacked because of their immutable traits. They’re being insulted for their inaction. Their immutable traits make their inaction worse. Like if you need a place to stay, it’s harder to accept when the guy living alone in a four bedroom says no than when the couple living in a studio does.

                I’m sorry you’ve been hurt and felt betrayed but I think you’re really reading more into this than there is. I texted one of the guys I was referring to in the initial post and he laughed pretty hard about it.