Carolyn Petit Retweeted Lili Loofbourow
Worthwhile thread on how those of us who have been in the trenches of online debate for years read things differently--because we know the signs & what they actually mean--than many for whom "all lives matter" (or "it's OK to be white" or w/e) may seem like reasonable statements.https://twitter.com/Millicentsomer/status/1281414271692234753 …
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Lili LoofbourowVerified account @Millicentsomer
I get the longing--I even share it--but the naivete is annoying. Online pundits should know (and factor in) that social media as a "public square" where "good faith debate" happens is a thing of the past. Disagreement here happens through trolling, sea-lioning, ratios, dunks.
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8:28 PM - 9 Jul 2020
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