08/07/2026
Since everyone is commenting on the backpack event, here’s my two cents.
What I find funny—and honestly, frustrating—is how certain people want to exclude others and then, when they are challenged, essentially tell them to shut up.
You know what else saddens me? The fact that so many of the people in that event seem to police the poor while simultaneously taking from them.
Did you know that children in low-income families, whose parents need a little extra help putting food on the table and rely on food stamps, are apparently not even “worthy” of having sweets because the very people who claim to care about them continue to support politicians who cut assistance to struggling families?
Those same children they profess to care so deeply about—and I genuinely believe they sincerely do—need more than backpacks and occasional acts of charity.
Kindness should be given because you genuinely want to help—not so you can turn around later and throw that act of kindness in someone’s face, use it for recognition, or hold it over them as though they now owe you something. True kindness doesn’t come with conditions, political talking points, or a need for applause.
People like Emma and her crew may very well do kind things for these children, and that is certainly commendable. But it becomes difficult to ignore the hypocrisy when those in her same political party vote for political leaders and policies that continually punish the poor, while simultaneously blaming and shaming the parents of those children for working low-wage jobs.
If we truly care about children, then we should care about the circumstances their families are living in, too. We should want policies that actually help families survive—not just temporary gestures that make for a good photo.
I mean, someone has to do those low-wage jobs, right?
What are we doing here? Seriously, what are we doing? What a damn shame…. 😞
