Post #4037841
2026-07-23 07:40 UTC
So, I get it, right now very few people have the bandwidth to get upset that some asshole is denying the extent of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia 50 years ago, but it is the same fucking mindset as the people questioning the number of dead in Gaza right now.
It is a despicable practice that simply leads to more killing.
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@dnkboston@apobangpo.space 2026-07-23 08:18
@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social I spent a decade being chilled by how many people didn't care about Syria as it was playing out in real-time. (They stopped counting casualties for a long time.) One explanation is that most human beings can't comprehend numbers after a certain point, and it becomes too abstract to care. Another explanation is that we don't talk about things enough because we want to focus on how much better everything is now.