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by lapcat 1054 days ago
That's the thing about social media dunks: you can't get beat up for them. They show no personal courage or commitment. Social media dunking is disorganized, unprofessional, and likely only seen by one's own followers, if anyone. Whereas the sit-ins were well-organized and designed to bring wider public attention: "The protesters had been encouraged to dress professionally, to sit quietly, and to occupy every other stool so that potential white sympathizers could join in." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement#Sit-ins,...

Randomly flailing about, acting like an online vigilante, is extremely unlikely to be effective.