Friday, April 19, 2019

The high horses on keyboards

I'm old enough to remember when a lot of people lost them minds when a dude solicited donations through gofundme for a potato salad recipe.

Now it's shifted to people policing where people give their charity to. Most recently the renovation of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris after it sustained heavy damage in a fire this week.

"But the Catholic Church is bad."

"The church no longer owns the cathedral"

"But the Catholic Church is bad"

"It's a living, breathing work of art and museum."

"But the Catholic Church is bad."

"It's a touchstone of Paris, a cultural and cartographic icon of France."

"But the Catholic Church is bad."

While we're still able, people have the right to donate their money where they wish, whether it be to victims of rape, church renovation or saving a barrier reef. It's the judgement, the sanctimony, that is grosser than the transgressions which lead to the solicitation of funds.

2 comments:

BrownSugar said...

I don't begrudge anyone's donations to the charity of their choice. As judgmental as I can be, this is one area where I live and let live. I don't want anyone telling me how to spend my hard-earned cash and I won't be telling anyone how to spend theirs.

Everyone just needs to mind their own damn business.

Someone Said said...

We can't have that on the internet! Judgmental people are running the show.