So Yasmin Nair is monetizing the struggle vs Suey Park who was monetizing the struggle vs Stephen Colbert who was monetizing the struggle vs
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Couple things: 1) Saying shit like Suey has only ever done Twitter shit & never worked with real-life orgs is straight up false
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2) If Suey were primarily motivated by money/prestige she'd never have done (bad) shit like burning bridges w 18MR over the NYAS campaign
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Which was motivated AFAICT by fear of accusations of selling out/inauthenticity by ppl like Nair tbh
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3) this piece seems researched 100% from online sources w no primary interviews w ppl who know the ppl involved
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4) BS like claiming she can't be sure if a racist parody account is really Suey or not tells me all I need to know abt the author
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If I had to say what was Wrong With Online Activism I'd say it's the constant ratcheting pressure to be more pure, more woke, less corrupt
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But Nair's not gonna take that angle bc that would make herself complicit
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I guarantee you though in 2013 Nair would've joined Park in slamming 18MR as "charity industrial complex" & "shallow identity politics"
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GG comparison is overused but when you're slamming ppl for "making victim bux" and "playing Scared Online" you tell me who you sound like
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#HotTake all professional writers write FOR MONEY and are therefore mouthpieces of capitalism, not to be trusted, except me bc reasons1 reply 8 retweets 27 likes -
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@arthur_affect Kinda like anti-capitalism bands who nonetheless become huge hits and make lots of money in the system they decry?0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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