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The Subversive and Revolutionary Act of Not Setting Things on Fire
Do not set things on fire or use the setting of things on fire for political, personal, or media gain. Simple, right? Apparently not.
Do not set things on fire or use the setting of things on fire for political, personal, or media gain.
Simple, right?
Apparently not.
Whataboutism is a hell of a drug. Unlike most other concepts, whataboutism is apparently flammable not only online but in real life. While waving the bloody shirt, or burning Tesla, or burning town, or ransacked Capital, or broken looted windows, or whatever else is going viral both for your cause and against the cause du jour is a tradition in America, we can opt out of it. Most just don’t because, well, the incentive for those who only experience acts of vandalism, violence, protest, and mayhem through a screen the entertainment value of politically fueled mayhem and dopamine hit of validating one’s priors are just too much to pass up.
If a politically ate up individual sets a Tesla on fire to get attention and make a political statement, no one should have to think about anything other than “that’s a crime and that’s a person who needs to be off the streets” before getting to…
