Yeah, virtually all the pushback against it (especially from the "chapo is a fash pipeline" crowd) is based on this fundamental misunderstanding. It's not hard to correct, and I think it's a branding issue more than anything
as for how common sense it is... well I think it all comes from Matt just kinda working stuff out for himself on the stream. It might not be a revolutionary idea, but his articulation of why twitter arguments are fruitless struck me as true, and I think that's really the core of grillpill
grillpill isn't checking out, it's logging off
it's finding points of contact in your local community and organizing over real things that materially affect people
it's realizing that twitter discourse will never move the needle, and instead organizing where people are
One wonders why this is a "pill". It seems like basic common sense.
Because it's hard to swallow for extremely online folks.
Yeah, virtually all the pushback against it (especially from the "chapo is a fash pipeline" crowd) is based on this fundamental misunderstanding. It's not hard to correct, and I think it's a branding issue more than anything
as for how common sense it is... well I think it all comes from Matt just kinda working stuff out for himself on the stream. It might not be a revolutionary idea, but his articulation of why twitter arguments are fruitless struck me as true, and I think that's really the core of grillpill
i will never log off
Ah that sounds much better then, I had the totally wrong idea about it.