If your response to justified outrage is to cry “BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL OTHER OUTRAGE” perhaps you’re part of the problem.

The use of “whataboutism” in political dialogue is an excuse to feel better about not doing anything by belittling the cause of those who are.

If your immediate response to a topic is to deflect onto another one, ask yourself why that might be.

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A letter to a post-Brexit, Trumped up state

I used to think discrimination was a straight-up sign of ignorance but I realised that couldn’t explain why so many intelligent people say so many ignorant things.

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