Blog Prompt #7
As far as social movements go, social media brings both positives and negatives. Most importantly, it gives people a platform to exercise their right to free speech, which is something that unfortunately too many people in the west take for granted. That fact alone means I really cannot be too critical of social media in general.
The downside is most of social media is that too many people use it as a platform to virtue signal and give themselves a false sense of moral superiority (I support their right to do it but choose not do it myself).
This will be an unpopular thing to say, but take for example Emma Watson's #HeForShe campaign. While she is well-meaning, unfortunately she is being used and the campaign is a scam. The UN has no credibility at all, especially since Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Cuba are members of it's Human Rights Council.
Saudi Arabia was also just voted onto the UN's Women's Right Council, proving that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Iran, who just booted a woman off it's national soccer team for being photographed without a veil while on vacation, is a also a member of the Women's Rights Council, so no amount hash tags will convince me a campaign such as this is legitimate.
It's easy to get caught up in campaigns like these as they look great on the surface, but when further investigated, are often used to cover up sinister intentions.
While the hash tags and marches etc., may be nice, I'm not too sure they change anything in an overly meaningful way.
The downside is most of social media is that too many people use it as a platform to virtue signal and give themselves a false sense of moral superiority (I support their right to do it but choose not do it myself).
This will be an unpopular thing to say, but take for example Emma Watson's #HeForShe campaign. While she is well-meaning, unfortunately she is being used and the campaign is a scam. The UN has no credibility at all, especially since Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Cuba are members of it's Human Rights Council.
Saudi Arabia was also just voted onto the UN's Women's Right Council, proving that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Iran, who just booted a woman off it's national soccer team for being photographed without a veil while on vacation, is a also a member of the Women's Rights Council, so no amount hash tags will convince me a campaign such as this is legitimate.
It's easy to get caught up in campaigns like these as they look great on the surface, but when further investigated, are often used to cover up sinister intentions.
While the hash tags and marches etc., may be nice, I'm not too sure they change anything in an overly meaningful way.
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