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In reply to the discussion: Hamas admits 72% of deaths are combat-aged men as it quietly reduces civilian death toll - report [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)The term "performative outrage" does not refer to those who feel outrage, it refers to those who self-righteously scream of their outrage at the top of their lungs to advertise their indignation to cover up the absence of any meaningful action. This is a well known phenomenon which has been subject of serious academic research.
I happen to think such hypocrisy exploits the victims and is therefore worthy of belittlement and mockery. Especially when these performances consistently disregard the vast majority of the equally applicable subjects of outrage and instead end up being a mere blame game.
You know next to nothing about "my side" because it lacks the element of performative outrage. I prefer to keep "my side" rather private. And certainly, "your side" does not include billions of people being engaged in performative outrage exclusively directed at Israel, despite the practice being encouraged, promoted and financed by some powerful and well financed parties in the Middle East and Europe.
BTW, claiming to have billions of people on "your side" is rather hypocritical in and of itself.