This is Hear Me Out. I'm Celeste Hedley. A lot of us have a tormented relationship with social media. We love it, we hate it, especially right now, and really anytime there's a massive world event it can be tough.

absorbing information about the most awful things going on at any particular moment is rough.

But right now we're also seeing debate about when to add to that chorus. When is silence

complicity? And when are we obligated to speak up even if we're not experts? Is

there a point where it's okay to say nothing.

Rather than putting energy towards raising awareness and educating,

so much energy was immediately going towards anger, not at Hamas, not at Israel, but at those who

didn't post on Instagram yet. Writer Rachel Greenspan joins us in just a moment.

Stay with us.

Welcome back to Hear Me Out. I'm Celeste Headley.

Let's stay off social media for the rest of the weekend, checking in when we need to, but remember

when you see really dangerous...

No, I've had to look myself several times now, and I honestly don't know what to say.

The part I keep coming back to is that the entire world turned its back on the people in Gaza and then said make sure you take care of your mental health.

The only thing that they want is somebody to bear witness and not forget them.

You're hearing a clip of Tik-Toc user Imani Barberin responding to Under the Desk news, a popular

account, if this viral exchange didn't show up in your feedlamp. under the desk news, a popular account.

If this viral exchange didn't show up in your feed last week,

something like it probably did.

There are intense conversations happening everywhere about our responsibility to engage with what's happening in Israel and Palestine.

It's a rapidly changing situation over there,

and we will not be debating what is happening exactly.

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