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[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think these woke types really want to be part of some rebellious counterculture and movement. Problem is, they rarely take the social risks(of ostracization) to earn that. They act only after the real risk has evaporated and not by themselves but with the support of a mob, and don't realize or won't acknowledge that real countercultures are usually not promoted by the mainstream media and multinational corporations. As the saying goes, "The revolution will not be televised." These fair weather "activists" are the locusts that consume the crop of countless tilled and well-tended subcultures after all the work has been done and the fruits of public acceptance have ripened. I've seen it again and again. They're like the school bullies of chess nerds who all join the Chess Club only after it get into the news for spawning players who win regional competitions.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have seen this before as well, multiple times. Including one in which a group of people who hadn't participated in an effort, but knew some of us who had, showed up to get some recognition when the powers-that-be decided to stop giving us crap and thank us for our work instead. I will never forget it. We were unpopular until we were making someone else look good, and they then decided to acknowledge us, which brought a bunch of posers out of the woodwork to claim they were involved as well. They weren't.