I mean I do comment sometimes, and yeah, this is it.
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I enjoy long walks through nuance and strong opinions politely debated. I like people who argue to understand, not just to win. Bring your curiosity and I’ll bring mine.
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I don’t usually comment but yeah, this is it.
Death by Snu Snu.
I have a clear plastic shower curtain that my cat likes to crawl behind to watch me shower without getting wet.
25·13 days agoHumiliation? Like he’s capable of it. He tweeted they were dumb as he left. As far as he’s concerned, he won.
That’s a misleading-denominator fallacy. 8 billion isn’t the relevant pool. Most of those people don’t live in the US, don’t follow this story, don’t use GoFundMe, and have no stake in US immigration enforcement.
By your logic, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (17 million donors) represented only 0.2% of humanity, so ALS awareness was a nothingburger. Obviously not true.
Donating is a costly and strong signal. For every person who pays, many more quietly agree. 17,000 paying donors typically implies hundreds of thousands of sympathizers, which is a meaningful bloc in a country of 160 million voters.
You might have meant something narrower, like ‘loud online fundraising can overstate real support.’ That’s a fair point worth making. The 8 billion framing isn’t.