To be fair, they are people who go out to kill on orders. To expect them to be emotionally sensitive to our lives might be expecting too much. They’re kinda like smarter pitbulls you set loose on your enemy.
Just because the warning is true doesn’t mean it applies to everything. That leads to blowing everything out of proportion. That was my point, that the screenshot could just as much be blowing something out of proportion.
I think you’re the one lying to yourself. Mental health issues are on the rise, but it’s not like most of the population sick (about 23% in the USA, according to NIH), and people exaggerate ALL THE TIME, that text could be a teenager blowing the smallest prank out of proportion.
Though, with all the people like you nowadays, I’m sure y’all would turn a falling ice cream cone into trauma, and ruin a friendship because the falling ice cream landed funny & your friend laughed.
Most people don’t experience that, and if that were the case, it probably wouldn’t be what this screenshot is about. Not every slight is trauma, and it’s silly to act like everything is traumatic.
Yelling at people on the internet is totally more effective. You’re right, my bad. I’ll start yelling at people too, instead of using fiction to inspire people.
“There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.
Remember this.
Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural.
Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that.
And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.
Remember this.
Try.”
The Trail of Political Consciousness (Nemik’s Manifesto)
I like some Shorts. Long-form videos are great, but way too often I see 15+ minute videos about a topic that shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes to discuss.
To be fair, they are people who go out to kill on orders. To expect them to be emotionally sensitive to our lives might be expecting too much. They’re kinda like smarter pitbulls you set loose on your enemy.