#I wanna say they didn’t know ab the Iraqi War but i think they did

[stuckinapril]

Literally annoying as shit *someone makes a good point about how big events like award shows are used to distract from a violent attack* *random person on the internet * “oh so you’re saying I shouldn’t SLEEP now?! I’m not allowed to eat and take CARE of myself? How DARE you!” I am banging my head against a brick wall as we speak, I can’t.

Betting my MONEY on that person being American bc the relatability factor always has been & continues to be such a major issue here. Americans do literally think in terms of “I’m not Palestinian so why should I care” “I’m not Arab so this isn’t really my concern” “ok but do you expect me to just STOP MY LIFE???” and this entitlement ends up breeding actual disbelief for the idea that others could care about other people despite not suffering the same problems or hailing from the same backgrounds. Their recourse is either to shame you for it or get defensive for their own indifference. Its such a tired pattern

(Also worthy to add that it’s not just rooted in relatability and hyperindividualism and a lot of these people are in fact simply anti Arab racist lmao)

#I also did not wanna mention this bc not everyone needs to have this background to care for Palestine #But when it comes to Arab countries Iraq has quite literally been destroyed by the US and the US continues exploiting it to this day #No one needs to have that kind of connection to care about Palestine but I find it genuinely hilarious the anon didn’t infer that ofc I’d #Care so vehemently about the liberation of literal Arab people as an Arab girl #And especially an Iraqi one #Iraq itself is no stranger to imperialism / undue occupation. #They were basically invalidating that too but it’s par for the course for people like this #I wanna say they didn’t know ab the Iraqi War but i think they did #i genuinely just think they lack critical thinking skills