I’m beginning to suspect that “misunderstandings” like this are actually on purpose. 🤔
The mission seems to be making activisits seem ridiculous and arbitrary. Nobody asked for this but they frame it like we did & then groups like #blm lose credibility for nothing.
The mission seems to be making activisits seem ridiculous and arbitrary. Nobody asked for this but they frame it like we did & then groups like #blm lose credibility for nothing.
https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1276681722843799552
That’s the only thing that explains all these weird concessions. Like when that publishing company decided to reissue classic books with Black people on the cover.
They “concede” to something imaginary & then huff “what more do these people want?” as if this was part of demands
They “concede” to something imaginary & then huff “what more do these people want?” as if this was part of demands
Every week there’s something new. “Global Pizzeria Franchise stops selling black olives to prevent offense to racial groups” is some random **** you’ll find on these new sites regularly. At this point it seems like outright mockery. If you believe Black activism is stupid say so
Any news outlet that does a story on these kinds of sham concessions is basically admitting that they believe Black activism is akin to the outrageous demands that toddlers make. Why else would one even entertain such a story if not to show disrespect for Black civil rights.
All so some idiot somewhere can say “Last week they wanted the traffic lights to have a rainbow light, now they want legal rights— when will they be happy!”
As if these ‘demands’ are equal in their seriousness or moral tenor. It actually irritates me a lot.
As if these ‘demands’ are equal in their seriousness or moral tenor. It actually irritates me a lot.
Then you have “everyday” “centrist” people saying things like “I was with them till they started asking for too much—“ and I promise the “too much” is reference to these fake demands that papers are always publishing.
It’s definitely a ‘baby with the bath water’ situation. They give people permission to disregard *everything* because of this one little fake thing.
More than anyone the gender rights advocates have suffered for this. Every week papers go out of their way to make trans and lgbq activists seem truly ridiculous if not outright insane. That one also has very real political ramifications.
Alt-right recruiters literally cite these stories to convince people that rights advocacy is stupid and that only the “objective” “mature” and “grounded” view of the world is worth considering. They frame the AltRight as the bedrock of rationality. Like wtf is happening rn
This is another version of the Black bogeyman strategy. It makes it seem like if you let Black people have anything they want, the world will become a cartoonish mess. Chocolate will be illegal and people who kill Black people will face “consequences” and who knows what else! 👻
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