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@lucybeahere Russian agents’ use of Facebook went far beyond targeted advertising, using Facebook pages and accounts to plan dozens of politically divisive marches, protests, and rallies. Russian-linked “social-media agitators” piggybacked off of the emotionally charged aftermath of shootings in Minneapolis and Dallas in 2016, hosting a rally in support of Philando Castile and a “Blue Lives Matter” protest.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/how-russia-secretly-orchestrated-dozens-of-us-protests
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@lucybeahere @IveyJanette @thekitmalone That is my main point. @GreenFire @GreenFire @lucybeahere @thekitmalone I agree. I remember walking with my grandma in a picket line outside the department stores on Broadway in the early 60's in downtown LA. When I was an infant. The stores integrated not long afterwards. I walked the picket line with my mom multiple times during the grape boycotts and when her union went on strike against the big hotels. My cousins participated in the Eastside Blowouts of 1968. Protesting gets voices heard. @lucybeahere @GreenFire @thekitmalone That's also why so many disaffected communities choose to violently take to the streets instead of voting or protesting. We've seen it time and time again. |
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This is definitely a concern. But I refuse to accept that because of this, protest is no longer a legitimate means of expression. Because that is the endgame. To make protest illegal, to make voting seem illegitimate, to make people feel hopeless. It more important than ever that we are educated and thoughtful participants in the political sphere, that we don’t make assumptions until information is confirmed from trusted sources.