Why i’m supposed to care less about iranian children being killed in war? Is it because their government is evil? Isn’t our government bad too?

  • Jolteon@lemmy.zip
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    14 days ago

    Geographically yes, but I was mostly referring social and ideological distance tend to be even more important that geography, especially in modern times.

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      14 days ago

      Goal post moving doesn’t sound too rigid now does it? Human nature seems to be awfully flexible in the right hands

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        14 days ago

        Saying “people consider them to be closer to those they talk to the most” isn’t moving the goalposts. I’m sorry I didn’t dumb it down enough.