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Tbh I feel like there’s a lot of misinformation on here about the “right” thing to do and the “wrong” thing to do during protests, and there seems to be conflicting opinions without a consensus.
Is silence complicit, or is being vocal online performative? I think it’s more nuanced than that. There’s some people who like to grift off the movement, other people genuinely want to help.
Also best practices when it comes to tear gas seems to be up for debate. I think the general conclusions is that water seems to be the best practice.
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I think it’s interesting but also obviously very scary to see how far false information can go on social media, and how if taken seriously they could have extremely negative consequences and potentially endanger people.
As a journalist I’ve been following these protests and it’s interesting to see the public consensus what is the “best” way to be doing activism right now, especially in the pandemic. If you stay at home, you’re complicit. If you go out, you’re spreading the virus.
If you post on social media, you’re not doing enough or potentially grifting. If you throw a brick through a window-you’re trying to cause trouble and ruin the movement, if you aren’t participating in any riots that destroy things you aren’t protesting-you’re just in a parade.
