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theconcealedweapon:
This is why they’re called heroes.
Superheroes on TV save people without expecting anything in return. Superheroes on TV are practically invincible and do what they do with ease. Superheroes on TV never have struggles of their own.
Calling healthcare workers heroes is a way of conditioning people to treat healthcare workers the same way. It’s not a way of honoring them. It’s a way of having unreasonably high expectations of them without having to compensate them or care about them. It’s a way of stopping people from feeling the need to change policies in order to help them.
theconcealedweapon:
This is why they’re called heroes.
Superheroes on TV save people without expecting anything in return. Superheroes on TV are practically invincible and do what they do with ease. Superheroes on TV never have struggles of their own.
Calling healthcare workers heroes is a way of conditioning people to treat healthcare workers the same way. It’s not a way of honoring them. It’s a way of having unreasonably high expectations of them without having to compensate them or care about them. It’s a way of stopping people from feeling the need to change policies in order to help them.
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Date: 2020-04-15 08:24 pm (UTC)