The world is changing. The previously crushed are not yet powerful, but no longer powerless. If you went after members of a marginalized group in 2000, you may well get away with it. If you try the same shit in 2021, there will be a price. We'll all make sure there's a price.
Will the price be big enough to deter, or will it be more an inconvenience? Will it make a difference on the short term, or only the longer term? All of those are valid questions and a lot of it depends on what we do. But the point stands that this shit isn't cost-free any more.
You want to beat journalists? Rip apart families? Deport vulnerable refugees? You think it'll help you at the polls to kill a few more children or crush a few more asylum seekers? There will be a cost. People will organize and go after you for the rest of their lives and yours.
We complain a lot about tech censorship, etc, but the fact remains that never in human history has it been easier to organize, get informed, get trained, get heard, fundraise, act, and drive & target the narrative. And never have media narratives been *this* politically impactful
We no longer have to take punches. We can dish out some pain too. Let's put our heads and hearts together and let's make it *hurt*. If politicians think they can use vulnerable people as political pawns for votes, we can spend the next decade making them pay a *heavy* price.
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