Now it is my turn to be the intolerable scold:
In November, those of us who showed solidarity with Paris took a lot of heat – at the very least we were called imperialist rubes and the worst, racists.
This week there were deadly terrorist attacks in Cameroon, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
I have only seen ONE person post about any of these and when I posted in my social media circles, I got very little response because the “what about the Hezbollah target in Beirut and Kenya 6 months later” display of inclusivity enlightenment was exactly what I called it at the time: A bunch of self-congratulatory wank.
The exhaustive social media dog and pony show of goose-stepping to the armchair progressive think-piece was exactly what those of you accused others of doing – being manipulated by the dominant narrative.
Frankly, it was bullshit and for all the “high-minded” hullabaloo about being fully engaged in world affairs, I have seen nothing change (*shocker*).
So either accept you don’t really care (which is more than okay) and your unique butterfly self just wanted to be the smarter contrarian *OR* get truly engaged and if you do, be prepared to lose your religion (both meanings) and fucking drink heavily because the world is made of beasts there is no other way to cull the crippling knowledge of the endless tortures we inflict upon each other daily.
Either way, stay the hell off our dicks next round.
—natalie michelle
Flommist Natalie Michelle doesn’t have a bio. She just rants. Copyright © 2016 Natalie Michelle.
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