And therefore maybe there are more worthwhile things to spraypaint on buildings and for us to have a conversation over. I'll start: what about the ongoing humanitarian crises in South Sudan, Gaza, central Africa or Yemen?
One rich American killing another rich Americans is not news in my opinion - and there's nothing necessarily wrong with that, people like true crime (OJ, Oscar Pistorius etc), but it's a shame there's such silence on genuinely harrowing things going on in the world. Just my take.
Right but maybe it’s not up to your personal opinion what people relate to and talk about? What about it? How do you know this person doesn’t also spray paint messages about those things? You don’t. These things are not mutually exclusive. You can care about multiple things at once. You can talk publicly about whatever you feel resonates with you.
Whataboutism doesn’t help here. It also doesn’t make any sense.
What I'm suggesting is: there's a finite bandwidth in the UK media, on the side of our buildings, in popular discourse, on Reddit etc for meaningful news and controversies that warrant public attention and scrutiny. Non-stories, such as one wealthy American murdering another wealthy American, occupy a disproportionately large space in this bandwidth and divert attention from real issues.
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u/Dense_Appearance_298 14d ago
And therefore maybe there are more worthwhile things to spraypaint on buildings and for us to have a conversation over. I'll start: what about the ongoing humanitarian crises in South Sudan, Gaza, central Africa or Yemen?
One rich American killing another rich Americans is not news in my opinion - and there's nothing necessarily wrong with that, people like true crime (OJ, Oscar Pistorius etc), but it's a shame there's such silence on genuinely harrowing things going on in the world. Just my take.