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This is sort of emblematic of the Facebook Faux Activist generation. While they are so prepared to step up and say something about their convictions, wrapped u
by iamdave 16y ago
This is sort of emblematic of the Facebook Faux Activist generation. While they are so prepared to step up and say something about their convictions, wrapped up and emotionally spirited after been told, all throughout their school lives about how their parents were activists (for things that actually mattered, but that's a different story), my generation lacks what matters when it comes to being an activist:
The ability to realize actions speak louder than words. As long as it doesn't involve going outside, standing in a line or otherwise stepping away from your precious Macbooks for a few hours a day to actually form a peaceful, but resolute protest about a matter, it's very unlikely that this generation will actually accomplish things like this. And even then, something like deactivating your Facebook account turned out to be a flop.
What's more shocking is that they were more than willing to take part in a day in which thousands of people stood up, and willfully desecrated the holy figure of another religion, whether or not they actually understood the overtones of what they were doing, or understanding the undertones of the moderate followers of the Muslim community who reached out to media outlets to explain why the Muhammad drawings disturbed them (Muhammad did not want to be worshiped as an Idol, and they felt that depicting him in the form of an image would detract from the central message he was trying to convey).
Surprising, yet expected all at the same time.
- jokermatt999 16y agoYou might like the phrase "slacktivism", it seems similar to what you're trying to describe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacktivism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacktivism
- philk 16y agoGiven there are followers of Islam out there who (off the top of my head) bombed the Danish embassy in Pakistan, murdered Theo Van Gogh and put a bounty on Salman Rushdie's head I don't find it shocking at all that there were people willing to stand up and declare that they weren't intimidated.
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