Sunday 21 April 2013
How to Surf
Socialism, for example, is something relevant to previous generations. What we care about is social justice, we just think that ties it into, and must be, some already-specified strand of thinking, because we've been told that it does. We have the internet now, we don't need it. It is perfectly possible to be a pure capitalist and want social justice.
People seem to think labeling themselves as a bastion of socialism, welfare, free trade or anything else, is a sign of strength. Many people look to them and believe it is.
It is not. It is weak.
Freedom of expression does not just mean the ability to say what you think without persecution, but what you do not think. To lie, provoke, "troll," guard your emotions and see what happens.
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Causes rise and fall on the internet like so many whack-a-moles. I too try my very littlest to involve myself in it all specifically because it is insulting to the people who actually try to change the given social injustice. There must be no greater disappointment than some big Kony 2012 sized internet hoopla suddenly going quiet permanently because the next big trend washed over everyone's facebook updates and twitter statuses. One day tweenagers are changing their profile picture to an equality symbol, the very next day its back to puppy videos and celebrity gossip.
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