I’d struggle to walk 25km and I’d feel pretty proud of myself if I did. I’d probably not post a photo of myself or a statement of my pride on social media, but it is what people do. And I happily post my pride about having done other things in my life.
We have to let people have some normal moments, if we’re serious about wanting them to live more normal lives.
Maybe we’re not serious about that anymore. Maybe we just want these people to be permanently in the stocks, so we can keep pelting our rotten tomatoes. If that’s the case, then, at some point, this starts to be less about them and more about us.