I wouldn't usually plug Hasan on here but he has a good episode on Pod Save America where he talks about this. He seems to have a pretty good understanding of it. I'm not sure of the term for it but it's sort of a form of online narcissism - most of the time the people who say these things don't actually need to say them because in the event of these scenarios they would have special access needs met. Like with some of the factory picket lines there were people saying umm but I literally need this food because of their allergy policies or something - obviously this person needs to break the picket line but they don't need to announce that they do. It's preying on the emotional/compassionate nature of the left to make it about them. Or something like that. Hasan explains it better. He has a good explanation of online 'cancel culture' too.
people saying umm but I literally need this food because of their allergy policies or something - obviously this person needs to break the picket line
Often there are alternatives anyway and their reasoning is the same as everyone's else "it inconveniences me and I don't like it" but just played up as being a necessity instead.
You see that with food delivery arguments a lot "Uh I'm disabled so I need to spend on doordash because I can't go shopping", but grocery delivery is also a thing and you can get it for like 5-10 bucks, infinitely cheaper than any restaurant delivery.
In actuality th reasons behind the argument then are actually the same as anyone else "I'd rather have doordash than a frozen meal in the microwave" or "I'd rather eat product A that fits my allergies than Product B that fits my allergies", they're just trying to fall back on something soon as more acceptable.
I wouldn't usually plug Hasan on here but he has a good episode on Pod Save America where he talks about this. He seems to have a pretty good understanding of it. I'm not sure of the term for it but it's sort of a form of online narcissism - most of the time the people who say these things don't actually need to say them because in the event of these scenarios they would have special access needs met. Like with some of the factory picket lines there were people saying umm but I literally need this food because of their allergy policies or something - obviously this person needs to break the picket line but they don't need to announce that they do. It's preying on the emotional/compassionate nature of the left to make it about them. Or something like that. Hasan explains it better. He has a good explanation of online 'cancel culture' too.
Often there are alternatives anyway and their reasoning is the same as everyone's else "it inconveniences me and I don't like it" but just played up as being a necessity instead.
You see that with food delivery arguments a lot "Uh I'm disabled so I need to spend on doordash because I can't go shopping", but grocery delivery is also a thing and you can get it for like 5-10 bucks, infinitely cheaper than any restaurant delivery.
In actuality th reasons behind the argument then are actually the same as anyone else "I'd rather have doordash than a frozen meal in the microwave" or "I'd rather eat product A that fits my allergies than Product B that fits my allergies", they're just trying to fall back on something soon as more acceptable.