"Gay kids will suicide over a vulgar tweet" is a beyond galaxy-brain tweet.https://twitter.com/ZombiesAreJerks/status/1112433819192311809 …
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It's proving an effective tool in persuasion, and so many not swayed at all by actual stats, so following ActUp ways does make sense. As you say, they aren't comparable issues but hey, if it works?
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In the former case, one could actually draw a line between cause and effect. Today, elevated suicide risk for gay teens is used as a club against a whole spectrum of opinion that has little or nothing to do with it.
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Just the idea that kids will accidentally view a negative opinion and kill themselves is a trope I see almost every day on here to shut down conversations.
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Yea. That stuff gets debunked again and again but it's an effective tool to use on too many. And as Rev pointed out, AIDS was fact based in terms of its devastation where as this is tossing some untrue and some manipulated stats to pound people.
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