Performative Rage is Not Activism

Slogans like A.C.A.B. personalize a systemic problem — and that makes change harder

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Here’s a heads-up, which may come as a shock to some: radical activism is not about seeing how many four-letter words you can cram on a placard. It’s not about spray-painting BLM on a Starbucks, or breaking restaurant windows with your skateboard because “fuck…