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It's not that Liam or any other celebrity is more important than anybody else. It's that they are more widely known. You're not going to see an outpouring of support on social media for a regular person from Chicago because there aren't that many people that know them or are affected by their death. That doesn't make them less worthy of empathy, just less well known.

on Bus Stop Karaoke · c/showerthoughts · 15 pts · 1y

Fun fact: A team in hazmat suits recently cleaned the bus stop I use every day. So yay! And also not yay.

We're talking about American politics, every avenue of which is spun by media looking for eyeballs, capitalists looking for dollars, leaders looking for allies, and egoists looking for power. Sure there are individuals that just want to share their opinion, but there is also no shortage of people who are trying to trick some portion of the electorate.