can i be fr for a minute?? sending abuse to people online for holding different views than you is not activism and in fact actively hurts your cause. most people are not extreme in their viewpoints, you can give them a new perspective if you're willing to spend some time explaining shit. if someone is saying something you disagree with and you rush in there to condescend to them and call them disgusting and subhuman and dont even TRY to explain calmly why their views are harmful, they're going to shut you out instantly and double down on their views.
most people are simply genuinely ignorant to the issues they're talking about - they just pick their views up from the news and the world around them and express opinions because that's what every person does. if you run in there and tell them they're scum for it, what then? if someone does that to you, are you going to think "maybe i should do some research" or are you going to think "this person is an asshole, im blocking them." a lot of you think you're activists and then refuse to do any kind of actual WORK to support your cause.
one thing thats so interesting about being a vegetarian is you get to hear all about everyones hypothetical activism that they care about very deeply when talking specifically about your diet and why it's stupid, but literally will never bring up ever again in any other context
Ted: "[Daniel] got to the New Year and immediately he was getting into sending text messages to his engineers, trying to think about testing, about what kind of run plans he could do while he's here and then found himself motivated enough to get into his training and the gym.
It got me thinking those would be the first two things if i was a driver thinking I'm not interested in this Formula One lark anymore. I would think about do i have to start getting involved with the engineers and having ideas about the car and going to train. Daniel, pointing out those two very important things as him motivated to carry on."