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Recently spotted on Tumblr:

\\u201cThis is going to be an unpopular opinion but I see stuff about ppl not wanting to reblog ferguson things and awareness around the world because they do not want negativity in their life plus it will cause them to have anxiety. They come to tumblr to escape n feel happy which think is a load of bull. There r literally ppl dying who live with the fear of going outside their homes to be shot and u cant post a fucking picture because it makes u a little upset?\\u201d

\\u201cCan yall maybe take some time away from reblogging fandom or humor crap and read up and reblog pakistan because the privilege you have of a safe bubble is not one shared by others?\\u201d

Ignore the questionable stylistic choices and there\\u2019s an important point here worth considering. Something like \\u201cYes, the feeling of constantly being outraged and mired in the latest controversy is unpleasant. And yes, it would be nice to get to avoid it and spend time with your family and look at kitten pics or something. But when the controversy is about people being murdered in cold blood, or living in fear, or something like that \\u2013 then it\\u2019s your duty as a decent human being to care. In the best case scenario you\\u2019ll discharge that duty by organizing widespread protests or something \\u2013 but the\\xa0absolute least\\xa0you can do is reblog a couple of slogans.\\u201d

I think Cliff Pervocracy is trying to say something similar in\\xa0this post. Key excerpt:

When you\\u2019ve grown up with messages that you\\u2019re incompetent to make your own decisions, that you don\\u2019t deserve any of the things you have, and that you\\u2019ll never be good enough, the [conservative] fantasy of rugged individualism starts looking pretty damn good.

Intellectually, I think my current political milieu of feminism/progressivism/social justice is more correct, far better for the world in general, and more helpful to me since I don\\u2019t actually live in a perfectly isolated cabin.