Your Moral Equation Must Have Human Beings on Both Sides

As if the brutal killing of hundreds of civilians wasn’t terrible enough. As if processing the news and its possible ramifications wasn’t hard enough. On social media — and wherever else people from a safe distance and with limited knowledge felt the need to comment — it felt like a shouting match where all that mattered was who picked the exact right words, strangely detached from the actual human suffering it referred to. I usually know how to navigate such situations to get to substantial reporting and opinions that help me make some sense, but it felt almost impossible. So, while I’m still processing, I found this piece instructive and consoling.