Quote: People in third World countries if I may use this stupid obsolete term, do think about "first world problems". It is in my mind a subliminal racist sentiment that wants "us" to think of "them" as simple characters with simple needs.
I don't see how a sentiment against poor people in general would be racist, as there is no one culture or race that is exclusively poor or seeking refuge in other countries.
As for a subliminal sentiment, I'm not sure exactly what that is but I think it is a natural reaction to want to donate to people who are in desperate need and to be angry at people not in desperate need who may be getting free money and accommodation. Homeless people commonly exploit this by presenting themselves as worse off than they are.
As for the Syrians with mobile phones, it is an illogical sentiment to say they don't deserve sympathy because they have a mobile phone, on the other hand if they're taking selfies while using a brand new iphone, smiling at the camera while posing with hundred doller bills in one hand, then yeh I can see why people would be annoyed.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
