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There is ignoring atrocities you can do nothing about and then there's ignoring atrocities because your side is the one committing/contributing to it.
If you're on the side of contributing to genocide and still ignoring it, where do you think it will lead to? Someone's going to figure out how to use the apathy and profit off of it. And It's only going to get worse until it knocks at your door.
And that's how US got trump. Every war criminal president before him was more or less celebrated and are still admired by the public. They'll still call themselves good Christians. That level of cognitive dissonance is going to push the level of moral failure to its limits until it's going to start affecting themselves. But, then, you can't put the genie back in the bottle anymore.
I see that there's no apprehension of "Prevention is better than cure". You cannot wave away problems because they're only going to return worse than before.
There's also demeaning people who see the atrocities for what they are and want to create awareness so they can minimize it. But are shamed for it.
I just mean that I can understand where it comes from when someone is already close to their breaking point, and I think most people are about there. They're not consciously deciding to bury their heads, because making a decision requires too much inspection to actually ignore it. Often when I was beaten down it's like my mind selectively blocked out information as a means of protecting me, but I remained in denial about that until I started really getting out of the hole. I'm not sure I'd equate them to Trump supporters in a broader scope, but I do think the lack of inquiry here is not too different from Trump supporters.
I also think that with more animosity towards regular citizens, the more the conversation shifts from the powerful to the powerless. The impact of one citizen changing their mind is wholely insignificant compared to what a politician changing course would do.
I'm not smart enough to piece together what you're saying here. Prevention or cure for what? What does prevention look like? Why should we be apprehensive, it sounds like a reasonable statement?
I do feel this point and I'll admit I've had many infuriating interactions. Now I try to just ignore until I cool down, because once I do it's like this asshole isn't worth that much thought. I have a limited amount of time to be angry, that's better spent on the people who actually could make a meaningful difference by taking a stand.