unripenedboyparts t1_ix5ofnc wrote on November 20, 2022 at 11:01 PM

Reply to comment by obscuredreference in In honour of FIFA, who are absolutely not corrupt bastards by daveclampart

I know it sounds hyperbolic, but people become less anti-slavery once you start reframing it.

obscuredreference t1_ix6sn53 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 4:22 AM

By claiming that a funny pics subreddit is a pro-slavery echo-chamber, you actually devaluate the term, making people tune out real conversations about it (because then they assume it’s more ridiculous nonsense like that), harming actual activism against the real issue, which is tragically still horribly prevalent in the modern world.

So by being nonsensically hyperbolic, you’re actually damaging the anti-slavery cause you claim to be defending.