KUTradition wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:05 pm
ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:40 pm
KUTradition wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:24 pm
I think you need to think critically…
You know that UN you side with about war crimes Russian does it?
What do you think when that same UN says Israel’s going apartheid on Palestine?
you need to stop, seriously
i’ve not once said or alluded to any kind of support for Israeli treatment of Palestinians
in fact, i’ve intentionally made the distinction between brotherhood factions and Palestinians writ large
you can quit quoting me, as i’ve got zero interest in engaging you further
fuck off
that hurts dude. Especially cuz this isn't the first time you've said this.
But honestly, what hurts even more is, you laughing at the idea that I need to think critically.
Honestly, I think my problem is that I can't STOP thinking critically about this shit. I need to just unplug.
That's why I'm gonna use this post for what constructive value it might have:
I quit my social media feed.
It
used to be a certain source of inspiration, like, "hey here's how we can actually slow down environmental collapse" and "here's how we can establish systems that counter inequalities" and "here's how we can build a better, more just, more sustainable world!", mixed in with doom-and-gloom shit like, "here's documentation of war crimes in some shithole country nobody cares about, like Syria, or Yemen, or - you guessed it! - Palestine." (for real, they/them have been fussing about this place as a humanitarian crisis for long before it was every single news headline)
But ever since this latest conflict, and Palestine suddenly coming a shithole country we can't even stop hearing about, the feed has been almost entirely documentation of war crimes, committed overwhelmingly by Israelis, against Palestinians, using weapons paid for by you and me. That shit just weighs on me. I've never seen so many mutilated children in my life!
And the thing is, I don't even know if it's true. Maybe the they/them "stand with all oppressed peoples" crowd really is just parroting Russ...I mean,
Hamas propaganda, for the sake of something less noble than standing with the oppressed against injustice.
I've accepted that there's just not much I can do about it. I'm gonna take a page out of my mom's playbook, when I admitted to her that I stress out about climate change. Her advice was, "sorry honey, but have you just tried, like, NOT stressing about it?" Ohhh, why didn't I think of that!
So again, I'm just quitting that shit. If I even bother with social media again I'm gonna focus on something more wholesome, like OnlyFans.
also a certain credit to fish's "expressing a baseless opinion on the Politics sub-board of a college basketball message board," among other insights from other posters along the way. Like if I AM gonna change the world, I suppose this ain't the way.
And, once again, sorry for being so annoying.