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Did you mis-paste? I don't know what that east coast west coast tweet have to do with anything? Seems like a non sequiter, unless I'm missing something?
by WaxProlix 4y ago
Did you mis-paste? I don't know what that east coast west coast tweet have to do with anything? Seems like a non sequiter, unless I'm missing something?
- oarsinsync 4y agoRead through whole thread. It’s about the difference between being kind, and being nice, and how the two aren’t necessarily connected.
- WaxProlix 4y agoI've read it, the thread makes its way through the internet every week or so. In this case, it seems to just muddy the waters, but obviously others disagree.
- scoofy 4y agoIt's effectively a non sequitur, yes. The point is that "feeling bad" for people who lost everything does not help them. It is not, in fact, compassionate, at all. Compassion is donating to funds that help these people. Compassion is not participating in tax-avoidance, and participating in gov't, so we can have a society where people can actually lose everything and move on with their lives in a reasonable way. "Feeling bad" isn't helping anyone and is actually just a way of making yourself feel faux-noble.
- WaxProlix 4y agoI agree with your stance, but think the metaphor itself is very strained. FWIW I also think the call to action here was "don't be a dick" more than it was "feel bad". Of course being a dick while advocating for better protections from this kind of scheme is better than feeling bad and doing nothing.