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This is the exact type of short-sighted activism that steps the movement back; not forward. If you treat regular people like the enemy, expect to be treated as
by ArtDev 7y ago
This is the exact type of short-sighted activism that steps the movement back; not forward.
If you treat regular people like the enemy, expect to be treated as such.
However, if you go into it calling attention to an issue using humor and goodwill, more people might join your cause.
These people are idiots and remind me of PETA.
- lsd5you 7y agoYou don't seem very convinced about your own alternative though do you? More people might join your cause? And maybe they won't. Yet you may be right that they are setting their cause back. In which case there are no answers. We carry on, destined to be governed by crisis.
- alan-crowe 7y agoThere is a great analysis of the issue you raise in the essay The Toxoplasma of Rage at https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage...