I know it's not about suburbs, it's about privilege and distance from the bad
I suspect autism is why I care because I did grow up in that suburb, so I'd expect me to be apathetic, but I'm not.
As an autistic person, I've had to logic my way through empathy, so I'm pretty good at moral reasoning and getting past factors that make problems seem more distant. I might not give the same emotional reaction as seeing it in person, but someone "becoming a statistic" still makes me feel a little bad. Now, I definitely don't do as much as I really should, but I do at least care.
I wonder if allistic people, with their intuitive empathy, just never bother to push beyond their empathetic and moral intuition? Distancing strategies seem far too effective on them, and cognitive dissonance is great at promoting distancing strategies.
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Well I think pict.rs converts everything to webp, and I guess it deletes animations so you have to do it yourself?
The fact that some people think I advocate for doing the right thing for attention... Mate, I can't help that doing the right thing makes me look good, now can we just fucking do it already?
Reality can be ignored and hidden, but the (lack of) civility in the performance is on stage for us to see. Perhaps it's good they're dropping the act?
Here's a post where that mod actually advocates voting for Biden. He also hates Biden and levies plenty of valid criticisms. These are not mutually exclusive.
I've been in that community pushing to reluctantly vote for Biden and I haven't been banned! In fact, I don't see a ton of "don't vote for Biden" stuff, mostly just "Biden sucks" stuff. Perhaps you're dividing things into sides to aggressively.
I agree they're a little trolly and definitely inflame, which I don't like, but calling it transphobic requires quite the leap of logic.
https://xkcd.com/661/
I've seen many people take absolutists stances and throw accusations or insults at others who don't. While I applaud that they recognized serious problems, I want everyone to understand why I might take actions that seem to ignore or even worsen those problems: I only have so much power and so many options, none of which are ideal, so I do the best I can with what I have. I might prioritize stopping one bad thing over stopping another; that's not me excusing the other bad thing, that's me playing the cards I have to get the least bad outcome.
Personally, I base my moral decisions on expected outcomes. I would pull the lever in the trolley problem. I understand some people think me a monster for that, and I certainly wouldn't feel good pulling it, but I see it as me net saving people. I disagree with people that wouldn't pull it, but I see where they're coming from and I'm not mad at them (disappointed, maybe). Of course, as well as pulling the lever, there may be options to try helping the one person on the tracks, and we should definitely attempt such a rescue.
This whole topic can be applied to the do-i-vote-for-biden thing that this community seems divided over, but it's much more broadly applicable too.
Anyway, this is just me saying that I don't think the absolutist all-or-nothing approach some people take is a good idea, and I also don't like when some of them call me a bad person for not doing the same.
A diagram of a "bottom meson" (composed of an unknown quark "q" and an antibottom quark) with an arrow labeled ":3" pointing to a "double bottom Baryon" (composed of an unknown quark "q" and 2 bottom quarks).
Image taken from figure 1 of this article
Two (presumably) girls lying in bed holding hands and looking at each other. The one on the left, labeled "Me" has shoulder-length hair, an uncomfortable :| expression, and is wearing a black hoodie, grey jeans, and sneakers. The one on the right, labeled "Also me" has longer hair, a subtle smile, a blush, and is wearing a dress and high heels.
Edited from this post, on which I commented "I wanna be both".