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saying “that’s how things are” is incredibly useless when talking about social issues because yes, we are aware that that’s how things are, and we don’t like it, that’s the whole point
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If the answer to every problem were "that's life," we would make absolutely NO progress in ANYTHING. You were beaten up because you're transgender? That's life. You got shot for "walking while black"? That's life. You got fired because you rejected your boss when they sexually harassed you? That's life. You see where I'm going with this? I feel like it's such a lazy person's way of saying, "That sucks but someone else can deal with it because it doesn't personally affect me so I don't have to do anything about it." It's too easy.
I feel like not enough people care and that worries me. People either have compassion fatigue or they never tried to be compassionate. This isn't some kind of sentimental bullshit I'm spewing. I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in [people] as I was that day because I had that sudden realization that they don't see beyond themselves. They have the capacity to but they just don't. I can't talk about these things with most of my closer friends and I wish I could. They'll listen but sometimes even they will shrug off the issue and say, "That's life." No, that's not life. That's bullshit. That's a problem. A problem shouldn't be so easy to surrender to. A problem shouldn't be acceptable to anyone. Is asking people to give half of a fuck more than they do (or don't) too much?
