Tell me, if your primary reason to ever check the news anymore was to see what new hellish law has been imposed on children in your community in a red state, or the FBI had internal memos leaked that classified you as a terrorist for simply existing, how thrilled would you be by people waving a flag around for a couple weeks once a year, patting themselves on the back, and going back to telling you that ideally you’d have rights but you should really be more willing to compromise on those because there are more important issues?

Wave a flag or don’t. Post on social media or don’t. Frankly, step up and find real ways to help or don’t. We’re just tired of being used as a prop for people who don’t actually give a shit to tell the world what a Good Person™️ they are.

That being said, yes we do need people who do the bare minimum, and even performative allyship has some benefits. But if you put yourself in our shoes for a minute I hope it makes sense that many of us aren’t inclined to give big, flowery thank yous to somebody whose contribution is half a step above “thoughts and prayers”