Don’t you think it’s quite ironic that the subject I’m trying to avoid is being discussed in this post?

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    1 day ago

    Okay but don’t forget the chain here: there was OP, there were responses to OP, and there were responders to the responders to OP. Somewhere in those someone said that it was great that someone could ignore the sadness (“What a privileged life you must lead where you can simply ignore all those things without it mattering.”), i.e. that they had that privilege. You seem to agree, and I also agree insofar that if you want to block something, then do it - I’ve long advocated for such. But instead of responding with agreement the next person said:

    Almost anyone can ignore all those things without it mattering.

    Okay so do whatever you want… so long as others can do the same. My point with the funeral analogy was to say that if someone wants to be “not sad”, that’s totally fine, but why rub it in others faces, especially those who want to be “sad”? (again, not referring to OP here, nor the person responding to them, but the person responding to them)

    e.g. black people very much are fearful that the likes of the KKK will ride openly again, and women are likewise very much feeling the impact of the reversal of the Roe v. Wade decisions, plus there’s that whole SCOTUS ruling awhile back…

    Anyway, do whatever you want. So long as you allow others that same freedom as well, you won’t be a hypocrite.