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In reality, the people who organized and led the great civil rights and human rights movements of the past *loved* to see and be seen, because it was vital that people have visibility into the momentum of the movements, and also because these were _joyous_ movements that people wanted to belong to!

AkivaMCohen@akivamcohen.bsky.social

Not probably. They ABSOLUTELY would have (and should have) because getting the word out to a skeptical public is an important part of making change

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(in my experience, great civil rights leaders _love_ a good selfie and barely need to be prompted to take one, because they know people love to be part of the story with them) Is this a good enough excuse to drop some of these? I think so.