CNN recently reaired interviews with some people who had no time for stories about children separated from their parents at the US border, held in concentration camps or in cages without basic sanitation or healthcare, or dying in their search for asylum. “Quit trying to make us feel teary-eyed for the children,” says one woman. Another man says, “These people that we have coming across the border illegally are breaking the rules. I have no feelings for them at all.”
There may be some value in hearing such voices, but airing their—factually groundless besides heinous—views might suggest that what’s needed now is an argument, when it’s really action and resistance.
Some reporters are working hard to lift the veil on the gruesome reality that some would prefer stay hidden—and outrage has a vital place. But repeated exposure to outrage, with no outlet, can give the impression that lots of folks are looking, but no one’s doing anything. That’s enervating and, more importantly, wrong.
The volunteer group Together & Free offered a list on Medium.com (6/24/19) of things you can do in the short, medium and long term to fight back against this horror show. Outlets from Colorlines (6/25/19) to Elle magazine (6/24/19) are offering ways to get involved. Look for journalism that doesn’t stop at upsetting you. Hopelessness isn’t something we can afford.
Featured image: Trump supporter who told CNN, “Quit trying to make us feel teary-eyed for the children.”
What is Not Said, it is that some EVIL organisations NEED Kids for PEDOPHYLIA PARTIES !! Where some Very High Class are doing Business, in Hollywood, it is No Secret, Kids are ABUSED, and in some More Insane Ceremonies, they Drink the Blood of BABIES !! No, it is not Fake News ! Not just in US, in UK, and other part of the World, these INSANE things are Produced in a Daily Bases ! Story about PIZZA Gate , it is Not an INVENTION ! Who could Imagine such CRIME ?? Please, make some investigations, and BRING Names of CRIMINALS under THE LIGHT !!
What is not needed is more QAnon Conspiracy Theories from trolls.
What is happening there is already bad enough, lack of food and water, medicine being refused, poor sleeping conditions, “absolute rules” that brings harsh punitive actions, etc. Those alone are crimes against humanities level of criminality.
But posting QAnon Trolling Conspiracy only puts people off, and points out the Troll farms are still around. Bad news for upcoming 2020 elections.
When children are mistreated, there are high odds of these kids growing up to be adults who will also mistreat children. Looking back in U.S. and world history, children were often sent at an early age to work, and were poorly educated. The class system contributed to this also. A person would hope that by the 21st century that humankind had evolved—–apparently not.
Agreed, abuse is a near constant factor when it comes to people growing up to abuse.
More than that however is the conditions in those camps are now where the concentration camps at the beginning of WWII were. People in extremely crowded condition, lacking sanitation, and clean water or food, poor sleeping conditions, and so on are crimes against humanity War-Crimes Level nor can say “But the Germans did such and such’ therefore it’s not the same. It is the same way those camps first started, for deporting Jewish and Polish people. It was only later on when the found they couldn’t hold them all, or deport them all that they “Came up with the final Solution”. If we are going to say “Never Again” that means we stop them BEFORE they do it again, not after.
Janine Jackson is no more objective than the unethical journalists FAIR is supposed to expose. Her well-demonstrated inability to offer objective commentary runs counter to FAIR’s mission and offers ammunition to anyone who might wish to undermine FAIR or its influence. She also makes it harder for supporters of FAIR to link to FAIR’s archives with confidence. (Indeed, this is the immediate concern prompting my comment.)
FAIR performs a crucial public service. Janine Jackson’s personal hot takes get in the way of that service.