It's effectively a non sequitur, yes. The point is that "feeling bad" for people who lost everything does not help them.
It is not, in fact, compassionate, at all. Compassion is donating to funds that help these people. Compassion is not participating in tax-avoidance, and participating in gov't, so we can have a society where people can actually lose everything and move on with their lives in a reasonable way.
"Feeling bad" isn't helping anyone and is actually just a way of making yourself feel faux-noble.
I agree with your stance, but think the metaphor itself is very strained. FWIW I also think the call to action here was "don't be a dick" more than it was "feel bad".
Of course being a dick while advocating for better protections from this kind of scheme is better than feeling bad and doing nothing.
It is not, in fact, compassionate, at all. Compassion is donating to funds that help these people. Compassion is not participating in tax-avoidance, and participating in gov't, so we can have a society where people can actually lose everything and move on with their lives in a reasonable way.
"Feeling bad" isn't helping anyone and is actually just a way of making yourself feel faux-noble.