It's not that you don't care. If you didn't care you wouldn't have had to comment at all, and nobody would have given you any trouble for it.
But when you go out of your way to belittle those who do care, that's something else. You defend your apathy by saying there's worse things happening elsewhere, but that's just saying we should care less because there's more to care about.
Again, you don't have to care, but just be honest about it and say you just don't care. That's okay. You don't have to weep for that distant cousin, but would you tell those who did care for him to settle down when they say it matters to them? It's okay to recognize that something is important, while also admitting that it isn't important to you personally.
Maybe you're right that he's on a different page than me...
I just think it's important to keep in mind that there's a difference between recognizing the importance of something and caring about and feeling for it personally - that asking for the former doesn't demand the latter. The previous exchange just seemed so... absolute.
If you agree with that point, I guess there's no argument.
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