Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem

Re:Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem by throwaway76543 on Saturday August 25, 2018 @10:54AM (#17841006)

Slatestarcodex wrote a fantastic blog on exactly this subject: "The Toxoplasma of Rage" http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/

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Re:Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem by thinkingemote on Saturday August 25, 2018 @01:05PM (#17841571)

Thanks for that! "Plastics" as a media thing is like "Fake News" in how it works. It's a spectacle

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Re:Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem by digi_owl on Saturday August 25, 2018 @11:38AM (#17841226)

Two things.

firstly this got me thinking of the interplay between MLK and Malcolm X.

Secondly, overton windows.

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