We used to have a number of subversive & annoying things to do that were actually appropriate to the problem we were addressing.
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So often now, they seem to be replaced by threatening mobs, banning & screaming for firings or arrest.
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I find it hard to see the satisfaction in this too. There's no creative subversion any more. I know having fun isn't the point but still...
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is this in response to Jesse's article about the pile-on with the philosophy prof?
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Not directly, no, but that's an example.
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sorta surprised you don't follow that account.
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Jesse?
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yeah, but I'm likely looking at twitter wrong and how it lists followers.
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Would depend on the topic, no? What brought this on?
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I'm referring to a general attitude. This thread went on. :)
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I saw. I wasn't sure if you meant a specific group of ppl or multiple scenarios.
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I mean an attitude of resistance which is relevant to the problem, which shows the problem, which is meaningful & effective in contrast to..
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..."Arghh! Thoughtcrime! Burn things down. Arrest everyone! Fire them! Shame them! Punch them!'
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Responding in a way which actually shows why the problem is a problem. Use of words, arguments, humour, reductio ad absurdum.
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These things sting and are effective. eg The Tim Hunt thing? A hashtag started
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If Hunt had been serious, lots of people laughing at him cld well have made him embarrassed to say such a thing again.
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peacefully marching, letters campaign and public speeches? but those are the boring ones...
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More fun than that!
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Thank you!
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no worries at all. Back during that "punch nazis" thing I wrote an essay on why street violence is pointless at best.
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