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- What do you mean “not ''doing'' anything”? I’m circulating petitions, registering voters. I’ve got a “Fire Kills” bumper sticker on my car. I just sent a check to the campaign of the new candidate for mayor...
|Fred Clark mocking [[Rule-Abiding Rebel|modestly]] "panical" political activism in ''[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2011/09/23/they-dont-really-believe-it/ They don't really believe it]''.}}
{{quote|I’m of two minds about this. Because slavery {{=}} bad. Slavery {{=}} very, very bad. And I have no problem starting a hashtag or talking to friends or whatever is needed in order to make sure that people are aware that slavery still exists and that it needs to be fought. It’s scary as hell how many idiots out there have no clue this is going on. Because, Beyonce! And stuff!
So with that in mind, I have no problem with the hashtag campaign. I think it’s awesome. Hell, I’ll even support it and take a sad selfie of myself doing the same if it gets people to pay the f**k attention, dammit.
What I find ridiculous is that the left does crap like this… and then that’s where it ends. For them, “awareness” is the goal. We all need to be aware that slavery exists, that these children were stolen, that very bad things are happening elsewhere in the world. We need to be aware and we need to feel really, really bad about it and we need to tell each other how really, really bad we feel, but that’s about it. Goal accomplished. Feel Bad and Awareness is the end-game. Nothing more needs to be said.
Except “check your privilege,” I guess, when it’s brought up that maybe we should be doing something about this. Not just “spreading awareness.”
| [http://monsterhunternation.com/2014/05/08/operation-pouty-face/#comment-39487 a comment] on "Operation Pouty Face" }}
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