Hadestown and Online Activism
Preemptive TL:DR, this kinda boils down to "Hadestown has nuance, tumblr is allergic to nuance"
"Go ahead and lay the blame. Talk of virtue, talk of sin. Wouldn't you have done the same, in her shoes, in her skin? You can have your principles when you've got a belly full."
So says the amazing jazz/folk musical Hadestown. Many people here would do well to consider how this quotation might apply to them. It's easy for my fellow well meaning white people to say "Well, of course I agree that black lives matter, but I don't condone rioting," because we are not nearly as affected by police brutality.
It's easy to moralize when you're not the one suffering.
This also applies to the mindset of "You bought at W@lmart/ Amaz0n/ McDona1d's/ etc, so you must support the company and their toxic policy." Unethical business practices yield lower prices, and there are times when those are the cheapest options.