Casey Anthony Trial

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Originally Posted by KSig RC

The issue isn't "spreading yourself too thin" - people who put in actual effort anywhere are awesome, and it's incredible they give their limited time and resources to the greater good.

My point, which I did not explicitly make, is that there are tons of causes out there to which one can participate. How can one judge that one cause needs more attention than another?

The issue is people who click a Facebook link instead of doing something 'for real' because that satisfies their own personal desire to be a good person (or look like a good person). Lazy people have an escape hatch that really didn't exist before.

For them, clicking a face-book page is their reality. That is about the level that they want to participate.

Of course, these people may have 9 kids and have absolutely zero time - in that case, of course a petition or similar might be all they can pitch in. That's fine. It just looks suspiciously like cause-jumping to say "I AM A GOOD PERSON, I AM A PART OF THIS" for so many people. It looks like clicking a link to impress friends and neighbors, or to create an image.

And not unless you ask each and every person their real reason for just clicking a link, you will never really know their situation.

Take me as an example. I am active with a dachshund rescue org. The org is always asking for people to foster dogs which I would love to do, but I don't have the time and space to accommodate another dog. So, I just donate money and prizes for raffles they have to raise money. I consider myself active, but my level may not be as much as others in the org. Do I care about the cause any less? I don't think so. Right now I just can't commit the time I'd like, maybe one day I can.

I reserve the right to judge these people as assholes, even though that makes me an asshole in turn. I'm fine with that.

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