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People confuse me
Are governments and whole communities attention seekers for shading lights onto monuments? As an Imgurian who doesn't personally have a Facebook account, let Facebook have their odd little method of memorial.
TheJudgeHasItBackwards
I'm not angry about it. But it seems like attention seeking, and looking for recognition for doing literally the least amount one could do
ShadowJackal
I don't see anything wrong with it either. I, however, will leave my picture alone. Just like the past 4 years.
LochsMama
I think the issue lies in that several countries were attacked over the last week. The focus on Paris seems inappropriate.
oooooohAhhhhhh
Wait, are we not still mad about the cup?
Cpogs
I'm mostly disturbed by he juxtaposition of smiling face with the filter. Support France all you want, but do it with a solemn face
flynngenuity
So much outrage over the Paris fb flag. What happened in Paris is sad. What happened in Lebanon is sad. Grief shouldn't be a competition.
PeeB4uGoToBed
I did the French flag for my keyboard lights and got promptly belittled for it
abadabadingdong
Hey, I defended you, you good sir!
alex5775
I think you make a good point OP it's not like they are doing anything offensive, and does it really affect the annoyed people? probably not
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
People will always find a way to belittle others to make them feel more superior and seemingly intelligent, including in tragedies.
ItTastesLikePurple
I guarantee most of the people who complained about the french flags being "slacktivism" did nothing themselves to help the Parisians.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
Classic couch critics thats why
ItTastesLikePurple
imgur's been on a recent streak about complaining about petty nonsense. I have to go to tumblr to get away from complaining.
DangerMeme
I fail to see how it would honestly bother anyone, but I'm sure it will.
JustWaves
Something always bothers someone.
ImNotGayBut20BucksIs20Bucks
This bothers me
fatherjokes
Because like alot of things, it makes you feel good that you did something but without affecting any real change
theavengingewok
It's showing support. Not everyone can afford to help
fatherjokes
I'm not disputing that. I'm simply saying that it doesn't actually change anything.
dbids
(1/2) People are upset about it all because people tend to believe theyre somehow helping france by changing their profile pic, not that
dbids
(2/3) theyre showing respect. It becomes disrespectful because then they promptly forget and dont care about what happened in france. Not
dbids
(3/4)everyone is like this, but i know alot who do. They do these fb things like passing fads for attention and then forget. its
dbids
actually pretty disrespectful. Because its not about France and the tragedy, it becomes about fb and themselves. again, not for everyone
Jumpinjackieflash
It's not a bad thing, per se. It's just band-wagoning, and achieves nothing. Temporary feel-good "look at me, I care" social media BS.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
You could not possibly know people's direct connection to what happened in Paris, lots of people have friends and family in France.
Jumpinjackieflash
Most people don't.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
So you assume.
LochsMama
Pretty safe assumption.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
You are assuming to know the the complexities of 1000s of peoples lives, or are you merely joining in in the profile picture circle jerk 1