10-07-2020, 06:06 PM
I thought this thread was dead lol.
Here's an interesting article, although it isn't directly related to sports, it is relative to the mixing of political leanings in blogs, influencers.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ste...ne-is-over
If you're not up to clicking the link, then I present to you, a couple excerpts from the articles.
What I got from this article was that its evident, you cannot ignore the elephants and continue to live with them as if it was normal. There is going to be a breaking point which it has to be spoken. And 2020 IS that Year! Overall, being apolitical sides with the oppressor. No one has ever been without politics, if you don't want to change the status quo, you approve of the status quo.
Here's an interesting article, although it isn't directly related to sports, it is relative to the mixing of political leanings in blogs, influencers.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ste...ne-is-over
If you're not up to clicking the link, then I present to you, a couple excerpts from the articles.
Quote:Women in a Facebook group for fans of blogger and influencer Lauryn Evarts Bosstick, who goes by the Skinny Confidential, hoped to chat with other women about the death of an icon. Instead, former members of the once-56,000-person-strong group claim, posts about RBG were deleted. After some women complained, Bosstick abruptly shut down the group. Shortly after, she posted to her 1 million followers on Instagram that she wanted to keep her group free of politics and religion in order to “try and keep a POSITIVE space,” but the group had become a place of “negativity” and women “tearing down” other women.
People online were pissed, as were members of the group, who soon founded new, unaffiliated Facebook groups. In a blog post she shared with BuzzFeed News, Bosstick denied that she shut the group down because of the political topics being discussed (even though she noted she originally didn’t want politics in the group) but rather because it “became a hateful negative space.”
Bosstick’s attempt to keep her Facebook page free of anything she deemed controversial may have once seemed admirable, a normal response from a lifestyle blogger looking to keep things light. But this year, politics, social justice issues, and current events are inextricable from our daily lives. It’s hard to have a conversation about literally anything without the context of everything going on.
Quote:It’s an internal struggle that Shana Draugelis knows well. Draugelis, who founded a motherhood and lifestyle blog called the Mom Edit, told BuzzFeed News that her website has never “shied away from hard topics.” She shared updates with her readers about having breast cancer and has discussed topics like human rights, climate change, and issues facing mothers alongside more lighthearted fashion and parenting posts. However, there was one issue she didn’t discuss.
As the Trump presidency progressed, Draugelis said, the lines began to blur.
“What has become really tricky, in 2020, is that we can no longer talk about the big, important issues without inherently talking politics,” she said. “The Trump presidency has been so polarizing that the sad result is the blurring of lines between basic human rights, science, and politics. And I find that really scary.” Draugelis's dilemma is one that many influencers are facing. Even if they ostensibly want to stay silent on the election and discussions about politics, they feel a moral obligation to speak out about the big issues of our time, mainly the Black Lives Matter movement and COVID-19.
What I got from this article was that its evident, you cannot ignore the elephants and continue to live with them as if it was normal. There is going to be a breaking point which it has to be spoken. And 2020 IS that Year! Overall, being apolitical sides with the oppressor. No one has ever been without politics, if you don't want to change the status quo, you approve of the status quo.