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Anon's grandpa does his own research (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

(Psst. This is a metaphor.)

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For what?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For every time a person has an intensely strong opinion about something they don't know much about and which doesn't actually affect them.

The first thing that came to my mind is the genocide in Gaza. Jews and fundamentalist Christians have a vested interest (sort of...), as do Israeli citizens (more obviously) in denying the genocide, but way more people than those small demographics do so. Those others are the grandpa.

But it occurred to me as I was writing that this could equally apply to things like gay marriage, or trans rights.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Ah I see, I was reading too deep into it and trying to map a 1:1 metaphor - I think you're probably right, that last sentence feels like either the punchline or an obvious flag that this is not a literal situation. Thanks! 🙏

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Can you think of a single genocide? Just ein will do.