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Originally Posted by Slevin
no, he doesn't sound anything like that at all. projection much? he sounds like someone who's known about the topic for a while (which we all should) and is annoyed at the people that will make every post on facebook, twitter, etc. for like a week and then forget it ever existed. there's a difference between putting people like that on blast, and mindlessly making fun of people that generally didn't know, but now want to show support.
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Thank you. That's my point. Anyone who wants to show support and make a difference should, but people who are just buying shirts or "supporting" it online because their friends do, honestly does get kind of annoying but that isn't the main reason for my statements.
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Originally Posted by Fujito
You sound like such a pretentious hipster making fun of someone who just started listening to some once-upon-a-time obscure band that just went semi mainstream. Except regarding politics and world news.
Don't put people down for learning something new. If anything you should be happy that there is more awareness for what's going on in the world because our media sure isn't informing anyone about it.
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I think it's great people learn, but what do you really learn when you hear about something throw up facebook statuses and than forget about it by next week. This is not the first time that people have talked about it, it's just the first time it has been all over facebook. Unforunately the world we live in is not a fair, nice place. If people want to be really active or learn I think that's great and they should.
I think it's good the OP wants to do something about it, but the best thing you can do is educate others, don't worry about money. Instead focus on why it happens and how you can prevent it. Knowledge is power, we should worry more about spreading that and less about donating to a cause most will not understand. I don't really understand why I am a hipster, I just feel I am educated on the subject.
This all reminds me of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which few ever understood now or then. Has a movement that spents over a year before people caught wind and most of it was done away from the media attention. People were going to the events by the end just to do something or because their friends were. Not to support a cause, because they didn't even understand the cause. If the had put that time into something useful the result could have benefited alot more.