"the money isn't to support Trump but to support non-violent democracy" but it was both. at best, it was both.
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@zeynep's TL. not saying i agree with sending Trump $$ but at least understand the motivation and intention3 replies 2 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @nathanjurgenson
My idea was Dems lending an office, and then there was a GoFundMe. I think it works as a gesture..
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i get it and the intention. but it was two gestures: pro peace, but also sending money to bigotry. it was read as both.
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Politically speaking, the net effect is not sending money to bigotry. Buying ads is a kind of burning money, too.
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sure, but sending them money is understandably still seen, felt, and understood as a powerful and hurtful symbolic gesture
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Replying to @nathanjurgenson
Again, I started with lend them an office but the money is more akin to an ad in my mind.
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A counter-donation wave is a good idea (where were people?) but I've seen political violence spiral so quickly past years.
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The money is not a game-changer, but de-escalation is not something you do with assumptions of deserving others.
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Just recently: three our students got killed in hate-crimes, and I constantly worry about safety of refugees we work with.
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And I follow Trump social media for work. I don't think the dangers I worry about are rhetorical. Q is what's effective?
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If folks think "we'll just beat hate/bigotry at the ballot box and be done", I find that... well. I'm from the Middle East.
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So I believe a gesture is a good idea, this or that one seems less relevant, even if my "lend an office" wasn't the one.
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