I need to write a thing on what I think is the right way to protest. Ways that are effective but not intimidating or authoritarian.
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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
#DistractinglySexy which mocked that idea very effectively. -
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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When it turned out he wasn't, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. We'd have been laughing with him. No damage done.
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Instead, he was reduced to tears, contemplated suicide & felt compelled to resign because of the unreasoning rage & demands for punishment.
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