I gave up trying to "excerpt" this excellent piece that makes short thrift of whataboutism with ruthless efficiency.
«Why do protesters flood the streets for Gaza but not for Sudan? A question that does not illuminate injustice, but disciplines how solidarity is allowed to appear.
What is framed as “moral inconsistency” reveals far more about those posing the question than about the movements it targets. The comparison rests on a gaze shaped by Europe’s colonial histories and racial hierarchies; a gaze that fragments struggles, isolates suffering, and demands that solidarity be rendered legible, proportional, and politically harmless … From within this logic, empathy appears as a scarce resource to be evenly distributed, as if protest were an accounting exercise rather than a political practice.»
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026/01/12/gaza-sudan-moral-consistency-colonial-alibi
