I think the disease here is not my feelings being hurt but the conversation being bad and us valuing the wrong things. Criticism is easy because you just have to be a referee and notice if someone did anything imperfectly. When we clamor for any and all criticism then the criticism doesn’t have to be useful or good. Allowing ourselves to gravitate toward banal and nitpicky criticisms as the heart of our discourse is at least as bad as Charity Navigator being focused on overhead!
Doing real good probably requires some criticism, but it requires a lot else that is neglected when criticism is easy and sanctified, like taking the risk of doing things and supporting people who are doing things.
I think the disease here is not my feelings being hurt but the conversation being bad and us valuing the wrong things. Criticism is easy because you just have to be a referee and notice if someone did anything imperfectly. When we clamor for any and all criticism then the criticism doesn’t have to be useful or good. Allowing ourselves to gravitate toward banal and nitpicky criticisms as the heart of our discourse is at least as bad as Charity Navigator being focused on overhead!
Doing real good probably requires some criticism, but it requires a lot else that is neglected when criticism is easy and sanctified, like taking the risk of doing things and supporting people who are doing things.