Anti-cancer blogger "sold miserably" storm: don't deny the justification for help because of weakness
Point of view
Weak people are also people, and they also have various human weaknesses, which often cannot withstand magnifying glass. It is too cruel to deny them the legitimacy of asking for help because of certain flaws.
Recently, the anti-cancer UP master of the B station (the person who uploaded the video on the video website) "Tiger" was scammed and scammed for money, which caused heated discussions. Afterwards, the hospital confirmed that Fu Shenhu was indeed advanced cancer.
"Tiger" said in an interview with the Beijing News reporter, "In the beginning, I only wanted to rely on my own income, but I didn't expect things to develop like this." He explained that most of his previous punch card consumption was "overlord meal" and billing. The so-called "luxury house" is a set of 80 square meters of second-hand houses bought before 2007. The BMW car was also bought by a loan before illness. The cheaper one has a total price of over 200,000 yuan, and it has been 6 years. It is not worth much.
The “selling miserable UP master” is so troubled that the party “Tiger” really has to pay a lot of responsibility. He uploaded a lot of videos before, only to render the constraints and sorrows of his life, but did not honestly explain his true economic situation to netizens, which caused many people to misunderstand and generously confessed to him. This is an unavoidable moral flaw. He must also bear the cost for this.
In fact, he didn't need to do that at all. If he had one thing to say about his family's property situation and he didn't evade the vanity of his card consumption, I believe there would still be many people who would generously help him.
However, we do not need to be harsh on the behavior of "Tiger", nor can we rudely label it as a "liar". After all, his advanced cancer has proved to be a fact, and he did not lie on this most critical issue.
In the advanced stage of cancer, for anyone and any family, the sky is falling. The pain suffered by "Tiger" is real, and the huge financial burden on his family is also beyond doubt. Therefore, he recorded his life in the video, not "selling miserable", but the true grief of the weak. .
And the moral flaws of "Tiger" are just flaws. It is not a big evil. You say that he is smart or selfish. What it shows is that it is a multifaceted and complicated human nature. These flaws have not changed the role of the party's "sue helper." The netizens' rewards have indeed helped families in this difficult situation. Moreover, thousands of dollars a month, such rewards are not much.
Therefore, the facts are not as serious as public opinion, and the public's love has not been tarnished. "Tiger" and his family are unfortunate enough, as he said, "I am a patient at the end of my life, and I didn't expect things to become like this."-I believe that anyone who hears this sentence will inevitably have a few Divergent heart.
The reason why the public opinion's response this time is so large is also based on not uncommon news that sells people's love. In fact, in recent years, the "suppressed UP master" storm is not alone, and similar news has appeared many times before.
For example, in the Luo Yixiao incident that occurred in 2016, Luo Yixiao’s father, Rohr, won a large social donation for a daughter with leukemia through a sensational web post. Afterwards, netizens pointed out that Luo's economic situation is actually not bad, with a house and a car, so Rohr was accused of "fraud donation" and became the reference of thousands.
From Rohr to "Tiger", I have to say that some people sometimes lack tolerance for the weak. Just as many people ask for "perfect victims" for victims of sexual assault, many people also look at the weak people who ask for help with strict moral standards, and they can hardly accept a grain of sand in their eyes. However, the weak are also human, and there are various human weaknesses that cannot be examined with a magnifying glass. It is too cruel to deny them the legitimacy of asking for help because of certain flaws.
Some people say that the "Tiger" approach has taken away the resources needed by those who need help more. However, even if there is no "Tiger" to do so, can those who need more help get into the public eye and get help? As long as the weak should give compassion and help, this is the responsibility of a civilized society. We should be like the boy who picked up a small fish on the beach and threw it back into the sea, save one, it is one, why should we bother which one is more worth saving?
□Yu Ping (media person)