Twitter, or any social media really, is completely normal, for whatever definition of normal you have, under most circumstances.
Then once something terrible happens and starts getting 24/7 news coverage and whatnot, suddenly everyone's an activist.
This has not gone unnoticed.
And it's stupid.
If you want to be an activist, fine. Be an activist. However, you'll find that really being an activist involves being an activist all the time, instead of just when something bad happens. You need devotion to the cause.
Social media "activists" pretty much ignore every cause they care about until it's suddenly in the news, and then they're all "if you don't agree with me you're a terrible person" and whatnot.
That's not how activism works.
I specifically avoided mentioning any one cause or terrible event, because this applies to all of them.
Thank you, and good night.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
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