i went to dallas and stopped by the jfk shooting museum. real neat. real somber. there’s a yellow x on the asphalt where he was shot, and every few dozen minutes when there’s a break in traffic there’d be a tiktok kid popping out there to get a cheery selfie or video. at first, I thought “they don’t quite understand where they are, they’re just dumb kids” and then the constant stream (i promise i got it by the third one) of them made me realize they were all ragebating us olds.
Serious question for you: I wonder if you would feel different if your parent had died in the war being memorialized?
I’m trying to figure out if you are saying “This doesn’t affect me so I don’t care” or maybe, “Memorials serve no purpose” or something else. Cheers,
That’s not the point. The point is nothing at all actually happened.
It’s the monument equivalent of shouting, “you’re ugly” at someone. Disrespectful, sure, but newsworthy? No.
Exactly as I commented. “Ah, this will make people angry, and anger leads to clicks.”
i went to dallas and stopped by the jfk shooting museum. real neat. real somber. there’s a yellow x on the asphalt where he was shot, and every few dozen minutes when there’s a break in traffic there’d be a tiktok kid popping out there to get a cheery selfie or video. at first, I thought “they don’t quite understand where they are, they’re just dumb kids” and then the constant stream (i promise i got it by the third one) of them made me realize they were all ragebating us olds.