Thank you for summing up how ludicrous this entire thing is. People are so easily manipulated it makes me sick.
You’re quite welcome. Not only are people easily manipulated, but this the whole new “virtue signaling” industry has been built up into this glorified pedestal like an Olympic gold/silver/bronze stand. So, perversely yet inversely: in the same way it is possible to anonymously hurl inane teenage insults that would ordinarily get one’s face smashed in if they were stated in person; now you can anonymously proclaim your moral superiority (an absolutely fundamental tenet of liberalism) to the world. For free. Don’t have to actually do anything; just proclaim your heartfelt emotions and curse America. It’s in effect a contest that encourages people to show how completely stupid and gullible they are, as long as they have more stimulating emotions than the ones you have. It’s galling to me because I get to asking “how great a country can we really be if so many of the people are this dumb?” Never do they consider the emotional storm they get to go through over a picture that could have been taken anywhere.