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A reply on social media is taking a stand?

It seems more of a fetid cesspit. It promotes anger, division and controversy rather than shared ideas, cohesive action and positive social change. I think I need an example of the good social media can do for society and collective action.

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> A reply on social media is taking a stand?

No. I only said that spreading information that there is dissent does not require taking to the street.

How much time and energy does it take to hit the like button on a post? How much time and energy does it take to physically protest? The magnitude of dissent is legible in the mode of dissent. How ticked off must a guy be to go protest in negative 20 degree weather?

Interacting on social media is sometimes like shouting into the void. Taking it to the street has a certain visceral nature to it.

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