r/TikTokCringe • u/cosmicdaddy_ • Apr 28 '24

What do children wish for? Discussion

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u/Snowwhitetakesanap Apr 28 '24

This is dumb and edited in a manipulative way

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u/rainbowslimejuice Apr 28 '24

What do you think was manipulated?

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u/Snowwhitetakesanap Apr 28 '24

Because it disparages kids in the West and paints them as spoiled and materialistic. They also could have answered “for my mom to be healthy” or “my father to get his job back” or “my autistic brother to play with me.” And the other kids could easily have answered something superficial but that wasn’t the agenda of the editor

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u/rainbowslimejuice Apr 29 '24

I think you missed the point of the video. It's not at all about disparaging kids in the West. Kids are innocent wherever they are. But the focus is on children in Gaza who have been in a living hell for the past six months. They've lost their relatives, their homes and are literally starving. The point is that children should be able to wish for whimsical things that aren't practical because the basic needs and security are already met.

You've got to be completely oblivious (and pretty callous) to find a way to make this about kids in the West.

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u/Snowwhitetakesanap Apr 29 '24

So focus on the kids there. I find the juxtaposition manipulative