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War  ·  3289 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's your opinion of the social media reaction to the recent French terrorism acts?

It feels like some attempt for people to feint that they actually care about what goes on. Everyone has to broadcast the loudest that they care and are informed. When in reality in a months time we really won't give too much of a shit what's going on in the world. I mean for the most part we don't even know what goes on. What France endured was tragic, but there are places in this world that people watch that and say "that's what my monday's are like."

Another issue with things like this is that everyone thinks they are experts in everything. I've been in discussion with friends and family since the event, and it is hard to hear. No one just stopped with the politics for a moment to take credence to the lives lost. Everyone immediately jumped to destruction of ISIS, Obama's weak foreign policy, or the "muslim threat." I rarely explode, but one of my friends almost pushed me over the top with the constant updates on the death toll. What the fuck are we doing? Is this just some big game?