You know, even if we could objectively measure suffering and oppression, it would still be a dick move to tell someone that they can't talk about what they're going through because you have it worse.
If one person has a broken leg in a cast, and one person has a broken leg with no cast, telling the first person "someone else has it worse" doesn't put a cast on the second person's leg.
The World’s Smallest Violin by AJR went viral because it has a fun final verse but actually this is literally the entire point of the lyrics.
“Somewhere in the universe/somewhere someone’s got it worse
Wish that made it easier/wish I didn’t feel the hurt
The world’s smallest violin/really needs an audience
So if I do not find somebody soon
I’ll blow up into smithereens/and spew my tiny symphony
…
So let me play my violin for you”
Like yeah, other people have had a rough time. Maybe rougher than you. Doesn’t make your life any easier. And you still deserve to talk about it, ‘cause you’re still going through too.
