Yeah but it lets people feel like they’ve boycotted. Which isn’t coddling/faux activism so much as it is starter-activism.
We don’t want activism to seem hard… even though we know that effective activism pretty much requires meaningful changes to behaviour which often brings discomfort.
People are really out of practice and our goal is getting people into the habit
I think it will more have the effect of “I did a boycott now I don’t have to do anything” and people like this will then get to feel good about doing absolutely nothing.
I really don’t hold out hope anymore when I see shit like this, people aren’t going to do anything unless they become VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and VERY SUDDENLY. Posts like this depress the fuck out of me.
Yeah but it lets people feel like they’ve boycotted. Which isn’t coddling/faux activism so much as it is starter-activism. We don’t want activism to seem hard… even though we know that effective activism pretty much requires meaningful changes to behaviour which often brings discomfort. People are really out of practice and our goal is getting people into the habit
I think it will more have the effect of “I did a boycott now I don’t have to do anything” and people like this will then get to feel good about doing absolutely nothing.
I really don’t hold out hope anymore when I see shit like this, people aren’t going to do anything unless they become VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and VERY SUDDENLY. Posts like this depress the fuck out of me.