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Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág Nov 10, 2024

Speaking as someone living in Hungary, to friends in the #USA:

The greatest weapon the system has is outrage fatigue. Doing so many unimaginable things at the same time that people just sigh and go on. Having so many things to protest that you run out of days and hours. Piling on so you start focusing on surviving with your bare mental health day to day.

Pick your cause and stick to it. Support others who focus on different causes. Don't try to do everything at once.

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Frank Bennett 🇯🇵Nov 10, 2024

@TarkabarkaHolgy I had an outspoken colleague once who was incapable of outrage.

She would not refer by name to a particular political scientist on our staff who was an apologist for the military regime in Myanmar. She would instead refer to him as "The Academic Prostitute." Even after his promotion to Vice Director of our university. Even when he was within earshot.

She was very relaxed about it, but absolutely uncompromising.

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Randall Lee

@fgbjr @TarkabarkaHolgy being outraged is an initial response of shock but it can't be sustainable nor is it doing anything. Feel the outrage but then find your focus and be methodical in your opposition like your coworker. The fascists have been methodically planning this for 70 years so we have to sustain ourselves for the long fight.