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> A rape that obviously happened? Shove it in people’s face and they’ll admit it’s an outrage, just as they’ll admit factory farming is an outrage. But they’re

> A rape that obviously happened? Shove it in people’s face and they’ll admit it’s an outrage, just as they’ll admit factory farming is an outrage. But they’re not going to talk about it much. There are a zillion outrages every day, you’re going to need more than that to draw people out of their shells. I sometimes recall how the civil rights movement got together and amplified the story of Rosa Parks over Claudette Colvin. The optics were much better with Parks: > "They said they didn't want to use a pregnant teenager because it would be controversial and the people would talk about the pregnancy more than the boycott," Colvin says. That I think turned out to be a good move. In the absence of this guiding force I think Colvin would end up debated and talked about more.

watwut 6y ago
But also, Rosa Park was frustrated about that decision. She took Colvin into her youth group and forced her to repeat her story at every youth meeting. Intentionally pushing kids toward radicalism. Yes, Colvin had less of chance to withstand massive pressure Parks was in after bus stand. But she wanted them to rally around Colvin already.
afarrell 6y ago
But thats because the civil rights movement had a bunch of humans intentionally amplifying the Rosa Parks story to accomplish a particular policy goal. Today Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have machine learning models trained to amplify the amount of attention spent on advertising. Any policy outcome will be a side-effect of that.
- scruple 6y ago
  > But thats because the civil rights movement had a bunch of humans intentionally amplifying the Rosa Parks story to accomplish a particular policy goal. It's tangentially related to TFA but... The Civil Rights era leaders were very strategic thinkers. MLK, Jr., especially, shortly before his death, was describing very serious, very ruthless strategy to accomplish goals that I do believe would've worked, had they been given the opportunity. I think that we have ruthlessly strategic thinkers (in our politics and political movements) today but I don't believe their goals are to drive policy any longer.
  - travisoneill1 6y ago
    > shortly before his death, was describing very serious, very ruthless strategy to accomplish goals Do you have a link for this?
    - scruple 6y ago
      His last book, "Where Do We Go From Here". [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Do_We_Go_from_Here:_Chaos_or_Community%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Do_We_Go_from_Here:_Chao...

watwut 6y ago

But also, Rosa Park was frustrated about that decision. She took Colvin into her youth group and forced her to repeat her story at every youth meeting. Intentionally pushing kids toward radicalism. Yes, Colvin had less of chance to withstand massive pressure Parks was in after bus stand. But she wanted them to rally around Colvin already.

afarrell 6y ago

But thats because the civil rights movement had a bunch of humans intentionally amplifying the Rosa Parks story to accomplish a particular policy goal. Today Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have machine learning models trained to amplify the amount of attention spent on advertising. Any policy outcome will be a side-effect of that.

scruple 6y ago
> But thats because the civil rights movement had a bunch of humans intentionally amplifying the Rosa Parks story to accomplish a particular policy goal. It's tangentially related to TFA but... The Civil Rights era leaders were very strategic thinkers. MLK, Jr., especially, shortly before his death, was describing very serious, very ruthless strategy to accomplish goals that I do believe would've worked, had they been given the opportunity. I think that we have ruthlessly strategic thinkers (in our politics and political movements) today but I don't believe their goals are to drive policy any longer.
- travisoneill1 6y ago
  > shortly before his death, was describing very serious, very ruthless strategy to accomplish goals Do you have a link for this?
  - scruple 6y ago
    His last book, "Where Do We Go From Here". [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Do_We_Go_from_Here:_Chaos_or_Community%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Do_We_Go_from_Here:_Chao...