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So look, I want to get something out of the way immediately, I am not saying the primary motivation for every single person doing this is them being a selfish, narcissistic asshole.
The following post was inspired by the reaction of many Canadians to the tragedy in Humboldt, as a parent of two boys I did find myself shedding some tears after reading about this and I am a little overwhelmed at the incredible generosity and support Canadians have shown to the survivors and families of the victims.
However there is one thing that kind of bugged me about some peoples reaction, there is been a two pronged showing of support for individuals to participate in for the tragedy, it was a great idea, a lot of places allowed their workers to wear hockey jerseys to work to show their support and others have opted to place hockey sticks on their porches and by their front doors.
This kind of symbolism is powerful and it genuinely gets me a little choked up, especially the hockey sticks as I was driving around the other day.
However here's where I depart a little bit from the whole episode, I can't shake this nagging thought in my mind of people that take a picture of their hockey stick on their porch, next to the door, sporting their hockey jerseys and upload it to social media, to me its kind of saying "hey look what I did!"
I'm not saying that every person that does this is some heartless, selfish bastard but to my sensibility, it is simply the LAST thing I would think of doing, I, am not important in any of this, the hockey stick thing, the jersey thing is a quiet, dignified, individual and very nice symbolic gesture BUT to my sensibility there is a bit of a "hey look at what a good person I am for doing this" that I simply cannot shake in the way I feel about this about people that feel the need to take photos of their gesture and put it online.
But I dunno, what do you think, am I overthinking things and being a bit overly critical here, or am I pointing out a glimmer of narcissism born out of a horrific tragedy?
The following post was inspired by the reaction of many Canadians to the tragedy in Humboldt, as a parent of two boys I did find myself shedding some tears after reading about this and I am a little overwhelmed at the incredible generosity and support Canadians have shown to the survivors and families of the victims.
However there is one thing that kind of bugged me about some peoples reaction, there is been a two pronged showing of support for individuals to participate in for the tragedy, it was a great idea, a lot of places allowed their workers to wear hockey jerseys to work to show their support and others have opted to place hockey sticks on their porches and by their front doors.
This kind of symbolism is powerful and it genuinely gets me a little choked up, especially the hockey sticks as I was driving around the other day.
However here's where I depart a little bit from the whole episode, I can't shake this nagging thought in my mind of people that take a picture of their hockey stick on their porch, next to the door, sporting their hockey jerseys and upload it to social media, to me its kind of saying "hey look what I did!"
I'm not saying that every person that does this is some heartless, selfish bastard but to my sensibility, it is simply the LAST thing I would think of doing, I, am not important in any of this, the hockey stick thing, the jersey thing is a quiet, dignified, individual and very nice symbolic gesture BUT to my sensibility there is a bit of a "hey look at what a good person I am for doing this" that I simply cannot shake in the way I feel about this about people that feel the need to take photos of their gesture and put it online.
But I dunno, what do you think, am I overthinking things and being a bit overly critical here, or am I pointing out a glimmer of narcissism born out of a horrific tragedy?