#but suffering isn't a competition; the correct amount is zero

[medicinemane]

I don't know... horrible things happen all around the world and it's not a competition

Atrocities are committed against multiple groups in multiple parts of the world at the exact same moment, and none of them erase each other. They all matter, all the people in this world who are being brutalized matter. There shouldn't be any line you draw where one group doesn't actually matter as much as another

You're welcome to prioritize your energy towards helping one group or another, but what's not ok is invalidating or dismissing people who are actively being harmed

Same goes for trying to figure out which social group has things worst (and lets be honest, always using a US lens)

Like... maybe the important thing is to prop each other up and help everyone get on their own feet rather than trying to... pick fights about if physical disabilities or mental illness are less respected (I'm trying to pick a more absurd example but sadly I've seen exactly that argument happen before). Maybe it doesn't really matter and what matters is helping who we can when we can

I'm tired of it, I'm just fucking tired of it. Support people, champion them when the world is just brutalizing them, but you don't need to throw a single other person under the bus to do that

Which seems to be an absolutely impossible lesson for people to learn

[medicinemane]

#so true#thank OP for bringing this up#this speak my mind perfectly#there's so much misery & crisis lately we can't keep up#at least 4 or 5 genocides & systemic starvations#don't downplay human misery to try and make your thing seem more important#there's so much suffering I can't even keep up with it#but suffering isn't a competition; the correct amount is zero#Syria#Yemen#Palestine#Congo#Sudan#Ukraine#haiti#venzuela#Bangladesh#Lebanon#all those who are fighting for their lives & freedom#no one is free until we are all free#save humanity#current events#this world is full of suffering & pain we can't even fathom

It's been a hot minute since you reblogged this, just been real busy the past couple weeks, but I wanted to say I really appreciate your tags

It's just nice to hear what I said on this resonated with someone, and to read their words and have it resonate right back

So I've just been meaning to say thank you since I saw these tags, but it's taken me a while

Thank you though, I hope you have a good day

And... we'll just keep doing the little things we can when we can to try and make things better for people

I don't know... horrible things happen all around the world and it's not a competition

Atrocities are committed against multiple groups in multiple parts of the world at the exact same moment, and none of them erase each other. They all matter, all the people in this world who are being brutalized matter. There shouldn't be any line you draw where one group doesn't actually matter as much as another

You're welcome to prioritize your energy towards helping one group or another, but what's not ok is invalidating or dismissing people who are actively being harmed

Same goes for trying to figure out which social group has things worst (and lets be honest, always using a US lens)

Like... maybe the important thing is to prop each other up and help everyone get on their own feet rather than trying to... pick fights about if physical disabilities or mental illness are less respected (I'm trying to pick a more absurd example but sadly I've seen exactly that argument happen before). Maybe it doesn't really matter and what matters is helping who we can when we can

I'm tired of it, I'm just fucking tired of it. Support people, champion them when the world is just brutalizing them, but you don't need to throw a single other person under the bus to do that

Which seems to be an absolutely impossible lesson for people to learn