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Something I find completely alien as a concept is to hear someone from a different background pour their heart out about issues affecting them and their community and think, “wow, I don’t want to hear about this, goodbye.”

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How could anyone react that way?

It takes such an immense lack of empathy, of compassion…

…but I also think it takes a lack of intelligence.  To have the opportunity to learn more about the world you inhabit and go, “no thanks, I’m good” says to me that individual not only possesses zero drive to gain knowledge, they are willfully so.

Who are these people?

Why are these people?

We can’t be emotionally available all the time, I get it, no one can be permanently set to “on”.  But to ignore the world around you, to disallow challenges to who you are and how you think is to declare yourself a finished product just living out the rest of their days in stasis.

What’s the point of a life like that?  Why are you still here?  To sit back, relax, and declare yourself to have “gotten yours” so no further self improvement or community enrichment matters?

I’m glad those folks have the privilege to live such a life.