@jessesingal People struggling with actual oppression often either don't pick battles, or pick ones that are less crazy-making
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@jessesingal It's a kind of spillover effect, a corona, around real and vital activist work and conversation.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sirosenbaum not gonna lie -- these kids don't strike me as oppressed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/23/university-yoga-class-canceled-because-of-oppression-cultural-genocide/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal I don't know if they're oppressed; they're trying to deal with oppression. There's a learning curve.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal kids hit college and have their eyes opened to some facts abt their world, and then blunder around trying to Do the Right Thing2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal this often results in deeply wrongheaded, stupid actions. But these same kids get a little wiser later on.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sirosenbaum sometimes. or they'll all be consultants in 5 years. really depends!2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jessesingal idk tho, I think a lot of what ppl get annoyed/alarmed at re: campus activism is experimental failure2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sirosenbaum yeah for sure. and it's unfairly blown up by social media/me/etc.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@jessesingal yeah. You're seeing utopian excess, you're seeing action in the absence of understanding, you're seeing experiments1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@sirosenbaum all true. but sometimes it's dumb and I like to call it dumb
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@jessesingal oh its definitely dumb, but I feel like that's like criticizing toddlers for falling down all the time0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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