Billie Eilish joined Bad Bunny in speaking out against ICE during her acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards, slamming the organization after winning song of the year for “Wildflower.”
The singer was bleeped as she said “fuck ICE,” giving strong commentary during the speech. “Thank you so much. I can’t believe this. Everyone else in this category is so amazing. I love you so much,” she said, standing next to her brother Finneas. “I feel so honored every time I get to be in this room. As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land. And, yeah, it’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter, and fuck ICE. That’s all I’m going to say. Sorry. Thank you so much.”
If I must judge people’s virtue while remaining rational, I don’t judge people as bad for not taking action. No one chooses to be born, we are not obligated to do anything. In fact, my perspective is that if virtue is of any concern then collective society intrinsically owes the individual for having fostered itself as natalist (which it has to to continue to exist). If any blame can actually be placed at all, of course.
I don’t actually even believe in free will. I don’t deal with virtue outside of catharsis and interpersonal relationships, being a consequentialist.
For instance, I feel hatred towards those that could have but did not vote in 2024, largely out of catharsis. I know its pointless outside of emotional satisfaction.
So from that perspective: it makes sense you feel frustration at slackivists, but its just catharsis. Your anger and chastisement of them is unlikely to foster any actual positive outcome.