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This is because of the orcas thing. According to the lovely people in question, because I am wealthy myself and have a sailing boat, I can't be angry on behalf of people who have lost their life's savings and pride and joy in terror I can't imagine, and then being told by a bunch of pricks on the Internet that they deserved it for having a hobby.

And I recognise this. When I was on Twitter, and got angry because of the way trans people as a group experienced disproportionate levels of poverty and unfair treatment, it was because I was "trying to make it about me", according to TERFs, and could be discounted because I could clearly afford to buy myself out of any similar difficulties.

"Oh, Sarah, Sarah is the most oppressed person ever according to Sarah" was one of the things they said.

These people were native English speakers, and presumably understood the difference between "I am angry because of what has happened to HIM/HER/THEM" and "I am angry because of what is happening to ME/US", but maybe chose not to?

I think this reveals something quite important about the people saying this, that they apparently can't imagine someone seeing shitty stuff happening to others with whom they have a little in common, and getting angry about it.

Because, I guess, if you get angry about something, it has to be because it's happening to you? Empathy and the rage that inspires on behalf of other people isn't a thing for them?

If that's your position, then it's not the take you think it is.