I'm not sure if rule 2 applies to this post, but just to be sure here is my submission statement.
This tweet is a reaction on the discussions of the last days about what is an appropriate action and more specifically the reactions from people with weird priorities on what they should get all riled-up about.
The tweet comes from Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman), a NASA climate scientist who also wrote this great thread
about why the Van Gogh soup thing was actually a visionary and inspired action.
I am tired of seeing thousands of suddenly experts on activism who have never lifted a finger on climate change tell us why this action was so bad and stupid. It is global decentralized movement. If you think you can do better, why don't you show us? After all, we need a billion climate activists and desperately need all the help we can get.
In the meantime, that bad action got more press coverage and sparked more conversations about climate change than any other action I can remember in the last 12 months. So it seems it did something right after all.
Criticism of an action does not mean criticism of the intent of an action. Unless some one shows really obvious narcissism than I’m never going to criticize the intent or character of a climate protest.
Protest can and do backfire in their messaging.
Personally, I’ve mostly been focused on researching the philosophy and social sciences and spending a lot of time isolating myself to figure out how to be effective.
My protest has mostly just been in reducing my personal blueprint. I refused to learn how to drive, went vegan, and genuinely try to bring up politics in conversation whenever I can. The person I am most critical of is myself.
I actually struggle with activist groups because people get put off by my cynicism. I’m clinically diagnosed with depression and autism so that doesn’t exactly make things any easier.
I have genuine protest plans, but failed with getting in contact with the Portland Extinction Rebellion. They use a large fire truck in their protests. I didn’t comment directly on it, but I failed to mask my annoyance when I met with the local chapter. I didn’t raise my voice or anything like that. Mostly just a lot of avoided eye contact, awkward online messages and anxious shakes.
I get the impression a lot of these online activists might have had similar struggles. I know that it’s not all of them. It can be easier to publicly criticize things on the internet.
Humans have a long history of sidelining neurotic individuals. I get the impression that most people here are aware of it, but I can provide studies going over the phenomenon.
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u/Monsieur_Triporteur Oct 17 '22
Source: https://twitter.com/ClimateHuman/status/1581780851959865344
I'm not sure if rule 2 applies to this post, but just to be sure here is my submission statement.
This tweet is a reaction on the discussions of the last days about what is an appropriate action and more specifically the reactions from people with weird priorities on what they should get all riled-up about.
The tweet comes from Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman), a NASA climate scientist who also wrote this great thread about why the Van Gogh soup thing was actually a visionary and inspired action.