"One further point is that the volume of the screech is not a reliable indicator of the magnitude of the cause."
Good God, I may well steal this at some point.😄 Perfect metaphor. I've been complaining for years that in many cases, the volume of the screech is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the cause. Think, for example, about…
"One further point is that the volume of the screech is not a reliable indicator of the magnitude of the cause."
Good God, I may well steal this at some point.😄 Perfect metaphor. I've been complaining for years that in many cases, the volume of the screech is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the cause. Think, for example, about how much airtime pronoun policing gets compared to, say, marriage inequality.
And yep, in the article, I quote a speech from one Rep. John Deberry who talks about marching with MLK and leaving once the rioters turned up because they weren't part of the movement. Certainly most of the protests in 2020 were peaceful. But I think today, too many people sympathise with the rioters because they're "down for the cause" instead of condemning them because they *hurt* the cause.
"One further point is that the volume of the screech is not a reliable indicator of the magnitude of the cause."
Good God, I may well steal this at some point.😄 Perfect metaphor. I've been complaining for years that in many cases, the volume of the screech is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the cause. Think, for example, about how much airtime pronoun policing gets compared to, say, marriage inequality.
And yep, in the article, I quote a speech from one Rep. John Deberry who talks about marching with MLK and leaving once the rioters turned up because they weren't part of the movement. Certainly most of the protests in 2020 were peaceful. But I think today, too many people sympathise with the rioters because they're "down for the cause" instead of condemning them because they *hurt* the cause.