Why do people today feel the need to have strong opinions on things that don’t affect them?

About EVERYTHING! Especially about what words other people must or must not use!

Bitch, I'm sixty-two and lived through the AIDS epidemic, I don't need a twenty-six year-old hall monitor!

NOT CARING IS LITERAL VIOLENCE.

Imagine if you could go back in time and help the Jewish population of Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, OP.

I guess some people just hate ethnic cleaning, mass murder and genocide.

Well shut the fuck up, hippies, it doesn't affect you!

Every stupid human being with an opinion about bombing babies, bombing hospitals, schools, women, children, starving 2 million people to drive them out or kill them, well: it's not your child, you asshole. It's not your hospital!

Keep your head down, and shut up! Know your place

It’s altruistic narcissism. Low effort to be the hero

lol autocorrect changing "ethnic cleansing" to "ethnic cleaning".

So clean!

Israel is committing war crimes by killing civilians. The US did the same in Vietnam. Killing civilians is always wrong.

OP can’t go five minutes without another screed about how the Palestinians had it coming and if you disagree you’re an antisemite.

But he’s beat that horse to death and now it’s “why are you so obsessed with something that’s none of your business!”

Why don’t you creatures just shut the fuck up? You won. The Palestinians are almost entirely massacred and now you’ll steal their bloodstained land. And you made us pay for it, even better.

Why did northern liberals care about segregation in the south? Why did American and European liberals care about apartheid in South Africa? It's called caring about other people, OP.

Just admit you hate Palestinians and move on.

Apart from the fact that cruelty and injustice is everyone’s problem, the Trump administration has done a dandy job of bringing the war to the U.S. It’s using protests against the war to attack academic freedom and free speech right here. Destroying Gaza, apparently, just isn’t enough. We have to go down the drain too.

[quote]About EVERYTHING! Especially about what words other people must or must not use!

On the plus side, R1, the use of the word "cunt" is becoming more frequent in the US.

Personally, I now use it a lot.

OP because there's a feeling that we are living in cursed times.

Two quotes explain a time like this --

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters."

"Any man`s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

OP: “ Why do people today feel the need to have strong opinions on things that don’t affect them?”

Also OP: In my opinion people who protest what is happening to the Palestinians are “wokies” and also in my opinion what happened to Gaza is the Palestine inhabitants’ fault and this is a thing that doesn’t affect me!

OP going on about "wokies" but not the conservatives who "support Israel" but couldn't find Israel on a map if their life depended on it

Social media gives everyone a opinion. People want things their way and Gen Zed and younger don't know better because they emerge from the womb smartphone in hand.

Because we're not supposed to have wars or famine. We are educated and rich enough to be able to communicate and care for the world but all these dumb ass father fuckers are out here killing everyone and destroying our beautiful planet.

I’M LITERALLY SHAKING!!!

You all missed the point of my post. The Gaza situation was just an example used to illustrate my point. But it could also be white people obsessing over the “correct“ attitude to have towards black hairstyles, it could be people arguing over which side is in the right and which side is in the wrong in some conflict on the other side of the world they know nothing about. It could be straight people deciding that gay men should love the word “queer.” It could be anything.

I kind of agree with OP. If anyone bring up controversial current events in conversation, I usually just say "I dont give a shit." I will defend gay rights and constitutional rights, like free speech and keeping the religious right from taking away our choices, but the Middle East? I don't give a shit.

I like my Gaza like my grandmother liked her steaks. Burnt to a crisp with all the parasites dead.

R18, human beings are interested in other human beings. And who is to say what affects us? Being numb and indifferent to other people is only a goal for bargain-basement conservatives, people who say that they only care about their bank account.