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thenewgreen · 3303 days ago · link · · parent · post: What's your opinion of the social media reaction to the recent French terrorism acts?
James Michener declared, "The World is my Home," and because he was so well travelled he could lay claim to such a thing. That said, due to technology, more and more of us can lay claim to such things. Still, the world is a pretty big place and for most of us, we tend to empathize more with that which is familiar to us. This is true both individually and geopolitically. So, we help those we are familiar with and those that can help us.A third encampment has been stating their view that all lives matter and that solidarity with one is solidarity with all, and then there's the whole group of people that would rather have nothing to do with any of this via social media. It's kind of exhausting but at the same time interesting.