• Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’m mostly with you, but if I tried to exercise and my legs broke, it’d be kinda wild to say the exercising “worked” because it exposed my shitty, unhealthy knees

    That said, I’m all for changing up the narrative and using practical propaganda to expand support for protesters!

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      6 months ago

      I’m mostly with you, but if I tried to exercise and my legs broke, it’d be kinda wild to say the exercising “worked” because it exposed my shitty, unhealthy knees

      I mean I think where I disagree with this mapping of the metaphor is that it isn’t a personal failing or problem, BLM was one of the biggest protest movements around police violence ever.

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        6 months ago

        You’re completely right.

        I think framing the success in terms of awareness raised is likely the best way to demonstrate the impact of a protest/movement.