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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Nonsense.
A black man just got murdered by police who asphyxiated him during an arrest which was recorded and shown all over the world, over every medium; television, radio, podcasts, print and internet news, video streaming sites, social media, you name it. Popular TV talk shows have been almost exclusively talking about it for the past week. Coverage has now shifted to include the fallout; the civil unrest. People are protesting in the US and Minneapolis is on f--king fire.
But yeah, clearly 'awareness' is lacking, I need some asshat I went to high school with to virtue signal a little more before we all know what's going on. 
The sort of people who still aren't aware by this point are not consuming digital or print media of any sort and in that case a blacked-out profile photo isn't doing a goddamn thing. It is lazy activism, it accomplishes bugger all except giving people their social media dopamine hit.
GirlySports and Iggy City nailed it, and I said it in my first post on the subject: people need to say something and DO SOMETHING when they are right there and have the ability to be an ally. A blank profile photo and a hashtag, sh-t, this might as well be Kony 2020. |
Black men have been killed by cops many times before.
Clearly people are paying more attention this time and more concerned this time. You have no idea what those people will do when they see something right there in front of them.
If you want people to DO SOMETHING, be a leader and give them recommendations on what they can do beyond their black screen.
Reply to people on your social media with some links and recommendations for action that will escalate their slacktivism to something more meaningful.
People are listening, and most don't know what they can do. It's a perfect time to educate them if you really do care.
Or just keep crapping on them to release your own dopamine rush and patting yourself on the back.
The irony is thick; you couldn't have a more useless approach to actually helping.