I'm not a woman. I've never personally experienced discrimination becuase I was a woman. I've never been denied a job because I was a woman. I've never felt unwelcome becuase I was a woman. I've never been objectified by my boobs, ass, or vagina. I've never known anyone denied the right to vote for being a woman.
Does that mean that I should support Women's RightS? Does that mean I shouldn't think poorly of (even denigrate) someone who is being chauvenistic?
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How many children do you know that were molested by a priest? How many popes or cardinals do you know
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Thousands of African children die every day from birth-passed HIV and starvation. I've never personally met an African child. Nor have I personally suffered from birth-passed HIV, starvation or forced relocation. Just because I haven't personally met, know, or am one of these groups, does not mean that I can support them and disapprove of those responsible for causing the harm or allowing the harm to occur.
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We believe these things just because the media says so, but as far as I've seen, I don't have any evidence.
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Who exactly kept the books on those billion dollars spent 'covering up' this conspiracy? Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying these things never happened. What I'm saying is that I have insufficient data if all I have to go on is what some reporter, who has the motivation of making a big name for himself, has said.
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Ignorance of a travesty does not mean it doesn't exist. I understand being skeptical of the media, but the Father O'Grady scandal is well-known and well-documented. There are countless court cases where the Catholic Church settled molestation charges again him for $18 million, $30 million, etc. The information is out there in abundance, if you're willing to look. The documentary itself does a very good job of showing sources, including those video-taped interrogations for one of the court cases against the Church. The problem is HUGE, SYSTEMIC, and WELL-DOCUMENTED through court case after court case. Don't claim there isn't solid evidence if you haven't bothered to look.
I don't want to Godwin this thread, but if the two examples above aren't enough, our late intevention in WW2 is a prime example of where thinking like "I don't see it and I've never personally experienced it, so why should I be bothered" gets us. I doubt many US citizens knew Jews persecuted by Germans, had ever met one, or had ever been persecuted by one themselves. They shouldn't have cared. Or should they have?