Not talking about thanking others, but like a way of thinking that I find often especially with religious people, the whole “oh you’re sad you can’t afford good food? Be thankful you have legs” etc… I don’t like it and I don’t feel comfortable about it, is there like research to back it up or deny it, do you have any personal experience with it?
It’s ok to be thankful.
To enforce thankfulness and deligitimise somoene else’s concerns is a shitty move.
Thankfulness to me implies acknowledging the good parts my own life’s situation and fighting for the people that don’t have access to the same stuff I am thankful for.
We have some power to reflect, voice concerns, and fight for people that don’t have a chance to do the same for themselves, therefore we must!