I don't know what to say if you don't see that gunning for our motivations is a personal attack. Maybe you've just got jaded to a point where only vitriolic abuse seems to you like an attack on a person. Work a year on something coz you think it matters & be told smug & bad faith
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Replying to @HPluckrose @DJJustJules and
I admit I was expecting worse tho. I'd let my daughter hear it but also talk to her about why that isn't the way to address other people's arguments and why we need to critique ideas having read them, rather than blindly repeat recycled bad people narratives.
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I will take your point there Helen re me possibly being jaded. I will speculate on one thing here though, and open myself up to being schooled if I'm wrong: I don't think the videos, as beautifully shot and edited as they are, helped your cause.
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Because we were exhilarated and laughed when we got things in. We are human. We were glad to be making headway and it was ludicrous.
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Of course you were! I'm sure I would have been too. But I think publishing those videos opened you up - rightly or wrongly - to these accusations of smugness etc, and I think they get in the way of communicating what I believe is a very important message.
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You can only go so far in preempting bad faith attacks. Any honest person who takes the time to read the Areo piece will see the portrayal of them on VBW as bad faith imo. The video may appeal to more people who aren't Extremely Online and who are totally new to the issue.
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If the message actually reaches and persuades (even a bit) more people, especially policy-makers, because of the video, then I am definitely wrong about the video. Until then, I fear it is a distraction.
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It is reaching more people. My husband, daughter & friends said it was the first time they understood what I was doing.They can't get their heads around the Areo piece coz not in the bubble. And the laughter bit at the front is to intrigue ppl outside the bubble & make them watch
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Replying to @HPluckrose @DJJustJules and
I too wanted everything to be very serious and nuanced and detailed and written and had qualms about making it simple & entertaining but Mike convinced me this is how you get people outside the circle to take notice. To want more detail. He was right. He knows how to do this.
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Yeah, I too was worried about the video but when I think about explaining it to my wife or family off Twitter, if makes a ton of sense.
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Mike calls it the spearhead. It introduces people to the problem and makes them want to know more. Has to be simple and sharp and accurate. He will feed them more information and he has already. We also get to direct them to our writing and talk to inquirers.
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