It is normal i'm sick of internet activists?
To explain: I mean people who tick "like" to every facebook post favouring radical change and who themselves post other people's radical public statements about for example, violence against women or the refugee crisis, but that's ALL they do.
Recently it's been making me quite angry with people I know. One bloke posted some great feminist stuff about rape culture, women murdered by partners (60 so far in Australia this year) and the refugee crisis. Wonderful you say .... except same person witnessed me being verbally attacked & accused of lying about being raped and did nothing, not even check later if I was ok, and has ignored requests to help organise a benefit for the refugees.
That's only one person who does it, just the most recent, there are plenty of other examples I could describe. I don't get it: do people really think they're effecting any real change when they do nothing practical about the issues?
I think it's a feelgood self-delusion and I'm sick and tired of it, to the point that I'm worried I'm going to start alienating people by replying along the lines of "Great post but what are you doing about it?"
I'm nearly 69, by the way, an activist since the 70's, very far from wealthy and in poor health, who keeps thinking she's retired as an activist but somehow never does.