• Alteon@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I think the point is to ragebait people into reading about it.

    An educational campaign doesn’t work.

    People get angry when the protests disrupt their day.

    Peaceful protests happen literally everyday in the US in nearly every city and hear nothing about them.

    The only way it gets visibility is it has to be disruptive, and the only way to get them to read/learn about it is to hook them in. And if Faux News has taught anyone anything, it’s that ragebaiting is fucking effective.

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      4 months ago

      anyone that thinks people will say ‘oh these guys are doing something I feel is stupid, I better learn what they have to say’ has never met a single human in their life.

      • LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        That’s funny, you realize not everyone will jump to the conclusion it was ‘stupid’ right away? Most will say, “they did what? Why?” Aka curiosity. We learn more. We understand. Then we decide if it’s stupid or not.