"Where were you before!" and "you're surprised?" is the political equivalent of "this isn't new!" People want to justify their passivity.
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I understand the cynical take, but really, most of it is people wanting to broaden their circle of passivity, to justify their own. meh.
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Not everyone can or should to be engaged with everything. But why try to discourage and tsk-tsk everyone else? That's the pernicious part.
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This is what frustrates about whataboutism. Sure people might be noticing more things, but that doesn't make those things OK!
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Cynisism more often than not is just a wounded ego.
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