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The Pros and Cons of Quote Unquote Social Media Activism
Roxanne Jones: I think the constant forcing of the possibility that kind of changes it real is like in and of itself a way of trying to downplay emotional legitimacy. Just looking at the whole Willow project thing, there was a very intensive outcry on social media from young people. And instead of doing anything about that, they just proceeded with approving the plan. She says Biden has no problem completely shunting young people to the side. Jones: It doesn't really feel like people are that bought in on electoralism as a strategy but with the very few who might have felt galvanized by Joe Biden's win in 2020 you could have right-wing outlets reporting where it's actually happening.