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My only problem with the point this image is making, is that it doesn't matter if we are supportive or dismissive.
They're still, as a whole, as a group, going to be terrible people.
Compassion fatigue is a real thing, and while I don't want anything bad to happen to anyone, you can only save somebody from themselves so many times before you realize they're going to do bad things and nothing can stop them.
Fuck this.
Let's be real bare bones about this.
In Tennessee, 2 million people voted for Trump.
1 million voted for Harris.
The vibe is, "Those 1 million people can't fix their situation so they should be just as fucked as the other 2."
And that's wrong. It's wrong to condemn whole swaths of humanity based on where they live, but even if you're dick enough to say "FAFO" when real humans suffer, you shouldn't be willing to throw your own allies under the bus based on arbitrary lines on the ground.
And I'm a first responder, don't talk to me about compassion fatigue, it's not an excuse not to help someone who needs it.
I hear you. But if you are a medical professional then you must also know about the concept of Triage.
The sheer balls to try and fucking mansplain to a first responder. Holy shit.
No, the vibe is that the population literally chose to do this to themselves. Which is true. 2 million Trump voters and 1.5 million nonvoters all decided this was something they were cool with. And now it's happening. It sucks for the ~20% who did oppose this, but the overwhelming majority literally were fine with this.
And how should you be helped? Because you literally can only help yourselves.
Remember when Georgia unexpectedly voted Biden in 2020? Turns out the South has a whole hell of a lot of voter suppression going on.
Agreed, they are people just like us. They have been turned so racist that they vote against their own interests. It wasn't their choice to be turned racist, but now that they are, there isn't much we can do. You can't use logic move them from a position they didn't use logic to get to.
I don’t think we’re responsible for anywhere near enough compassion to be fatigued by it
I want to add that these people usually vote R because they're told it's the right thing to do, not because they actually understand what they're voting for or against. When asked about policy, they generally agree with leftist policies. If we get the chance to show them that leftist policies actually work and what they are, we may stand a chance to change their minds.
That's why I think the NYC mayoral election is pretty important. If he's elected he can actually do good things that Democrats and Republicans have told people to be scared of. He can show that people have been lied to and it's actually good. The problem will be getting this information to the uninformed voters. They'll hear about it, but it'll mostly only be that it's bad, actually, and they won't hear about the victories.
Here's an idea: focus your attention on your community. Join an organization and build coalitions locally. Do the work to improve the material conditions of those around you, acting in good faith with solidarity toward your neighbors.
Then, when you've realized how inane and pointless it is to generalize about populations numbering into the millions, mind your own fucking business and quit wishing ill on people you will never meet. Compassion fatigue is your problem, and calling the population of an entire state terrible is just bullshit no matter which way you cut it.
We don't need your kindness, we don't need saving, we need cooperation and community. If that's not in your wheelhouse, then keep to yourself.
Signed, a "terrible" floridian who's fed up with dipshit northerners telling me that I deserve to die in a hurricane because my governor sucks.
TIL about compassion fatigue.
Here's a compromise:
Ill agree we should cheer the deaths of all straight cis white southerners, the descemdants of confederates who evaded justice. Unless they're active/retired resistors.
But the rest have to suck on their own merits for us to applaud their misfortune.
Deal?