Ok, a quick thread on why "calling out" racism doesn't work - when that's exactly what the far-right are looking for.
See these tweets by a prominent White Nationalist YouTuber for a start. They'll give you a clue.
See these tweets by a prominent White Nationalist YouTuber for a start. They'll give you a clue.
Here we have a White Nationalist explicitly saying:
1) Their strategy is to hijack radio / TV shows and "use your anger to create publicity".
This is literally their aim. We played straight into them
2) Amazed that the Left has fallen into the trap of seeing Nazis everywhere.
1) Their strategy is to hijack radio / TV shows and "use your anger to create publicity".
This is literally their aim. We played straight into them
2) Amazed that the Left has fallen into the trap of seeing Nazis everywhere.
This was also always the strategy of people like Katie Ho**ins, Lau***ce Fox, David Van** and a whole range of other grifters:
- to provoke and anger people on social media
- get attention
- be seen as the culture-warrior taking on the left
- make money.
- to provoke and anger people on social media
- get attention
- be seen as the culture-warrior taking on the left
- make money.
This is an *explicit strategy* called "triggering the libs" - as a way to get attention and make money.
What frustrates me is that after years of seeing grifters make money like this - people still don't get it. They're not losing, they're making $$$
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owning_th…
What frustrates me is that after years of seeing grifters make money like this - people still don't get it. They're not losing, they're making $$$
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owning_th…
"Calling out" only properly works when people change their minds or accept they were wrong.
That matters a lot on:
- who is saying it (Jeremy Clarkson admitting climate change is real)
- what language they use.
Doesn't work if you're preaching to people who hate you.
That matters a lot on:
- who is saying it (Jeremy Clarkson admitting climate change is real)
- what language they use.
Doesn't work if you're preaching to people who hate you.
The best ways to deal with Nazis:
- make them an object of ridicule (Stewart Lee)
- ignore, block and move on.
Amplifying them or turning them into the story gives them far MORE prominence - exactly what they're looking for.
- make them an object of ridicule (Stewart Lee)
- ignore, block and move on.
Amplifying them or turning them into the story gives them far MORE prominence - exactly what they're looking for.
A simple "calling out" of racism makes *us* feel better, and that may partly be the aim, but it doesn't actually lead to better outcomes.
I want better outcomes. We can be smarter than this instead of falling for the traps that neo-Nazis lay for us.
I want better outcomes. We can be smarter than this instead of falling for the traps that neo-Nazis lay for us.
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