devawo.bsky.social
Politics Prof., author of The Politics of Common Sense & Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
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The idealized & mythologized protest which is perfectly produced for liberal nostalgia about the misremembered mid 20th century is not actually one that is effective at stopping the toppling of this democratic experiment.
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Yep. Forgot about Reddit, which I used to hate, but is now an unbelievably useful source of info.
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I find this funny and inevitable although I understand why you’re affronted. In any case, I’m not sure the LC crew are the kind of liberals Chait wants because you do seem to be radical liberals - certainly not leftists, but productively in dialogue with leftisms, IMO.
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It is also not clear that the interpretive frameworks that reigned in mid 20th are operative now, in any case.
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Another question is whether protests receive *any* attention in *this* informational environment (i.e. very different than the mid 20th century) when there is no splashy story to tell about vandalism &c. Protests that don’t have these features increasingly aren’t covered at all.
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Well, they know people are watching and don’t care b/c they don’t think there will be consequences.
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This country has a massive police rioting problem and it is never ever acknowledged.
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Hard to party in an actively coming apart world.
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People need to nurture the deeply depleted civil sphere, otherwise they’ll have no place to stand and say no. Those mid 20th century protests grew out of a strong/supportive/resourced civic sphere that has since disappeared. That’s what made them resilient/able to keep pressing as opinion changed.
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I’m not sure we can apply the mid 20th century media/opinion context to this moment.Or that mass negative opinion(which already obtains on several counts)is the difference that makes a difference this time around.
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Likely plant fiber (paper/flax/hemp, etc).
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They’re experimenting, but most likely plant fiber - paper/flax/hemp,etc.
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It can be coated with plant fiber to prevent this. It’s in the article.
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You don’t have to pick a side any more than you do between a plague and an oubliette. That’s dumb. Find something else to do.
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I have never enjoyed absurdist theater until today.
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I think about this scene all the time and have always been surprised it doesn’t have more currency as a meme. It’s relevant so often.
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Ah! This is the big tent I hear tell of!
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Yep.