You know, I gotta say this.
It's pretty telling that white people or people that can pass as white keep trying to tell me that the overwhelming good of the internet is 'balanced' by... police brutality.
As a victim of police brutality, I'm telling you straight up they are full of shit.
There is no doubt police brutality is a major issue, but to use that as the point to minimize what the web is and has meant for marginalized peoples, reeks of gross entitlement.
So please save me these shallow and ineffectual explanations of how government or corporate uses of the web define the nature of the web itself.
Marginalized people do not have the luxury of sitting on a couch and belly ache about why the think the web is bad from the sidelines.
The web has been an essential tool when it comes to connecting people world wide and helping us to stay in sync as we work towards global justice.
If you don't see the value of this, you're not with us.
@Are0h I feel like I'm missing something. What do police brutality and the internet have to do with the other. Why is police brutality a bad thing _about the internet_?
@jakobpunkt More than one person has said they are skeptical of the validity of the web as a tool of progress because law enforcement uses it a certain way.
My response has been focusing on that one particular aspect to discount what the web has meant to human progress is ridiculous.
The level of entitlement people have about tools that aren't critical to their survival annoys the shit out of me.
@Are0h Ah. Thank you very much for explaining!
@Are0h just curious, what's the context of this?
I have heard US democrats say the internet is bad "because russia and fake news", but I haven't heard (or understand how it relates to) police brutality
@paranoid The context was detailed in the previous comment.
@Are0h ah, sorry, I see. the previous toots weren't loaded into my timeline
@Are0h
DAMN. I can't EVEN understand that line of thought. Brutality by people in power always exists, and SHOWING it is one of the only tools to fight it.
The web has given marginalized communities access to the global stage in every aspect imaginable. Economics, entertainment, education, etc...
Yeah, I get police brutality is bad thing. I have the scars to prove it. But if you're white or you can pass as white, you have no idea how bad it can get.
I understand talking about police brutality makes you feel good at cocktail parties, but the same mechanism you are trying to devalue is the same tool we use to fight it.
And that's the internet.