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> Either condemn all wars, or stop pretending you care about people affected by wars. This is not a realistic stance. We are all humans, and it's obvious that
by shafyy 5y ago
> Either condemn all wars, or stop pretending you care about people affected by wars.
This is not a realistic stance. We are all humans, and it's obvious that some global tragedies affect us more than others (for whatever reason). Just because somebody is vocal about the Russo-Ukrainian war but less so about other wars doesn't mean they don't care. It just means that they are personally and emotionally more impacted by this.
Furthermore, people do what they can. Should I either donate all my money to all causes or not donate at all? Should I either not do any action that has a negative effect on the environment or live in a forest alone without electricity?
- tut-urut-utut 5y agoMaybe I’m an idealist, but I think that, if we are not equally vocal about all wars, we are not against all wars. There are no good and bad wars. We should be most vocal about wars we can actually stop and prevent. We don’t have moral right to ask Russians to risk their lives and protest against their government to stop the war in Ukraine, if we don’t do the same regarding wars our government leads, supports and sponsors. We complaining about Russia and Russians and Iraqians complaining about USA will not stop any war. We need a strong international peace movement. It kinda worked in the case of Vietnam.