The combined female population of Alabama and Georgia is about 4.5 million. The female population of Iran is around 45 million. Roe vs Wade came to the US in 1973. Similar legislation was passed in Iran in 1978. Why do so many of my feminist friends care about the women of Alabama and Georgia but none seem to care about those of Iran? (Americans exempt from this criticism).
On the other hand:
We have just witnessed gay marriage in a (Legally autonomous part of) China (Taiwan). And at the same time, we know that China is herding up millions of Uyghur muslims in concentration camps. Why have seen no-one mention both?
On a similar vein of dealing with complexity and nuance: Why do my zionist friends think that Israel cannot be both an ok-ish place for gay people to live (despite disgracefully not recognising/forbidding gay marriage) and a terrible oppressor of human rights (of Palestinians) at the same time? (LGBTQ folk exempt from this criticism).
In other words - when did we stop caring about values, about responsibilities, about Justice about Human rights and started caring only about political positions? And perhaps more worryingly - why am I using we in this sentence and not I? When did I start pretending that this is not just as true of me?
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