#(keeping it vague here on purpose but that's the jist)

Loving the new counterpoint that not only is posting activism, not posting is complicity. Why doesn't everyone with any fame or internet presence immediately release a lengthy but perfectly-worded statement telling us where they stand on every issue? Is it because they're evil??? It must be because they're evil

And then the usual answer is "they don't post online very much". Which is all very suspicious, don't they know everything of importance is done by posts on social media now

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Okay I'm going to talk about this for the last time bc currently the stupidest manifestation of this I've ever seen is unfolding, and nothing can top it or explain this phenomenon better

So Amal Clooney was one of the lawyers who advised the ICC to charge Netanyahu with war crimes & issue an arrest warrant. But apparently there was already a backlash over her "not speaking up" which is already dumb, like, as far as I can tell she has no social media, but also she's a lawyer, she can't comment freely on cases, that could literally destroy the case

But she was trending bc people were saying she should be forgiven, for not posting. But also there are people adamant she not be forgiven. Because she should have spoken up sooner. Helping charge Benjamin Netanyahu with crimes against humanity is not good enough, she should have been posting, she needs to be held accountable for her lack of posting while she was, again, serving as a legal advisor on a international humans rights case against Benjamin Netanyahu.

Like when you're at the stage where people ask where a celebrity was, and the answer is "helping arrange an arrest warrant for Netanyahu", and your response is "why was she doing that instead of posting online" I really just have to conclude you think posting online is more important than anything else. Also that your online activism revolves around finding righteous ways to dislike celebrities you have entrenched parasocial relationships with that you rationalize by going "well I obsessively hate them so it's okay". But mostly the Posting Is More Important Than War Crimes Tribunals part

#Bell your tags are so frickin real and so based #but yeah #it's wild #and people are like ''if ___ person doesn't post a perfectly worded post within 10 seconds ___ event happening they're evil and should die'#Idk man this mentality is wild #like I'm literally doing activism work / social justice stuff FOR A LIVING actively helping people #(keeping it vague here on purpose but that's the jist)#I cannot imagine someone online going ''I can't believe you don't care about ___ because you didn't post about it''#like wow sorry I didn't post about ___ I was too busy writing articles about it #and writing newsletters that reach tens of thousands of people #and harassing my boss and my boss' boss and our CEO trying to get them to talk about it #but no you're so right I should definitely reblog this post that hasn't been fact-checked #and contains tons of misinformation #you're so right I should definitely do that instead of doing actual work that actually helps people #these tags aren't very eloquent but I'm mad because this has been on my mind for a while #politics #news #<- general tags