This guy is certainly projecting a lot onto people who see everything falling around them, and don’t see anyone with any power doing anything to help. That’s great that lawyers are doing this but maybe focus on getting the word out instead of shitting on people who are so ground down by the world that they’ve basically given up.
I don’t get how the people complaining that law doesn’t work get a free pass because they’ve “given up” but you’re dunking on this guy for doing what you suggest. Getting the word out that law is the only thing working right now is exactly what he’s doing.
The Internet has made everyone think their opinion is worth sharing no matter how ignorant or useless it is [ETA: I don’t mean you!]. The people he’s knocking are the exact people who should be taking your advice, not him.
It’s still several steps above of spreading misinformation and useless negativity.
How is this worse than throwing you hands up and shouting “Don’t try because it only works sometimes”? Or even worse, “don’t try because it never works”?
Very few people are saying don’t try, which gets back to the projection I already talked about. People are begging for anything and they are getting less than nothing from the “opposition party.” So yeah, shitting on them and alienating them even more is a stupid strategy just about any way you look at it.
And if we are setting the bar at “several steps above spreading misinformation” we are pretty fucked. I didn’t mention negativity because that’s exactly what this guy is spreading.
Pretty sure I see on a daily basis here on Lemmy some highly upvoted comment saying that trying to use the democratic or legal processes to oppose MAGA is a waste of time and then usually clumsily insinuating we should all be shooting at Ice instead. Which is fundamentally terrible advice by really any measure. That’s what I take the authors point to be.
And how is asking people to stop shitting on your attempts to use the legal system somehow being spun as shitting on those critics?
This guy is certainly projecting a lot onto people who see everything falling around them, and don’t see anyone with any power doing anything to help. That’s great that lawyers are doing this but maybe focus on getting the word out instead of shitting on people who are so ground down by the world that they’ve basically given up.
I don’t get how the people complaining that law doesn’t work get a free pass because they’ve “given up” but you’re dunking on this guy for doing what you suggest. Getting the word out that law is the only thing working right now is exactly what he’s doing.
The Internet has made everyone think their opinion is worth sharing no matter how ignorant or useless it is [ETA: I don’t mean you!]. The people he’s knocking are the exact people who should be taking your advice, not him.
He’s getting the word out but spends half the time shitting downwards. It has the opposite outcome than the one he ostensibly wants.
It’s still several steps above of spreading misinformation and useless negativity.
How is this worse than throwing you hands up and shouting “Don’t try because it only works sometimes”? Or even worse, “don’t try because it never works”?
Very few people are saying don’t try, which gets back to the projection I already talked about. People are begging for anything and they are getting less than nothing from the “opposition party.” So yeah, shitting on them and alienating them even more is a stupid strategy just about any way you look at it.
And if we are setting the bar at “several steps above spreading misinformation” we are pretty fucked. I didn’t mention negativity because that’s exactly what this guy is spreading.
Pretty sure I see on a daily basis here on Lemmy some highly upvoted comment saying that trying to use the democratic or legal processes to oppose MAGA is a waste of time and then usually clumsily insinuating we should all be shooting at Ice instead. Which is fundamentally terrible advice by really any measure. That’s what I take the authors point to be.
And how is asking people to stop shitting on your attempts to use the legal system somehow being spun as shitting on those critics?
Fedposting doesn’t count lol, anyone saying that glows brighter than the sun