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> I'm sorry but come on! Like you are exactly doing what I was critizing in the first place. Shit. That's an excellent point. Thanks for making me realize it.

> I'm sorry but come on! Like you are exactly doing what I was critizing in the first place. Shit. That's an excellent point. Thanks for making me realize it. I'm being absolutely glib about 1M+ deaths. Yeah, that's totally privilege. My bad. I'll go think on that for a while. Yes, I'm a white liberal and I haven't been called out this succinctly and correctly in a long time. I responded like shit because I got angry, my apologies. Thanks again.

mardifoufs 5y ago
Hey this is actually really nice to read, and no matter what you end up concluding I think it's good to just put things in perspective. I totally realize it's harder to get the whole picture for a lot of people who weren't really affected or involved, just like it is harder for me to relate to let's say the current Ethiopian civil war and it's very harsh effects on the local population since it's so detached from my every day life. Even as a Muslim , I'd probably have been oblivious to the war on terror if it wasn't for my parents being very into Arab politics and the family tv always tuned to Arabic news. Growing up with daily reports of bombings, suicide bombings, mothers crying on TV, and just footage of destruction everywhere is what made me realize and process how much misery was brought upon so many people. it got to the point where the opposite of the normal media sentionalism happened and a few dozen people dying in a suicide bombing/drone strike barely made it in the news. the weird part was that it somehow was never ending.from the invasion of Iraq, to the insurgency to the Iraqi surge to the afghan surge to libya to Syria to Isis to... A bit of very relative peace now? I think everyone would've felt the same if they were in the same situation I think. Even many Arabs and Muslims in the US don't fully realize that either. Cheers!

mardifoufs 5y ago

Hey this is actually really nice to read, and no matter what you end up concluding I think it's good to just put things in perspective. I totally realize it's harder to get the whole picture for a lot of people who weren't really affected or involved, just like it is harder for me to relate to let's say the current Ethiopian civil war and it's very harsh effects on the local population since it's so detached from my every day life. Even as a Muslim , I'd probably have been oblivious to the war on terror if it wasn't for my parents being very into Arab politics and the family tv always tuned to Arabic news. Growing up with daily reports of bombings, suicide bombings, mothers crying on TV, and just footage of destruction everywhere is what made me realize and process how much misery was brought upon so many people. it got to the point where the opposite of the normal media sentionalism happened and a few dozen people dying in a suicide bombing/drone strike barely made it in the news. the weird part was that it somehow was never ending.from the invasion of Iraq, to the insurgency to the Iraqi surge to the afghan surge to libya to Syria to Isis to... A bit of very relative peace now? I think everyone would've felt the same if they were in the same situation I think. Even many Arabs and Muslims in the US don't fully realize that either. Cheers!