One Tibet Support Group (TSG) just hit 20,000 likes on their facebook page and posted this infographic to remind everyone of "how you really make a difference for Tibet."
First of all, this infographic is giving three big cheers to slacktivism. You are at the "centre of freeing Tibet" just by sitting at a computer and clicking 'share'! Wow! And that is that is at the centre (their word, not mine.)
Do you know what's not at the center according to them? Take a nice look at those teeny tiny figures up in the right hand corner. That group of characters that could easily be fit 3 times into the "centre" circle of YOU at your laptop (capital letters their choice, not mine.) What are those minuscule figures in the periphery? "Tibetan protesters" and "Tibetans risk[ing] arrest and torture for sharing information". Man, I'm sure glad to know that these guys feel that privileged folk sitting on facebook clicking 'like' and 'share' are the ones freeing Tibet, not the thousands of Tibetans risking their lives protesting, organizing grassroots boycott campaigns inside of Tibet, promoting Tibetan identity through Lhakar and risking (as the infographic acknowledges) torture and arrest to make sure Tibetan voices are heard. I bet it makes all their facebook fans with the Free Tibet bumper stickers feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
And yes, I acknowledge the irony of ranting about this on a blog.
Do you know what's not at the center according to them? Take a nice look at those teeny tiny figures up in the right hand corner. That group of characters that could easily be fit 3 times into the "centre" circle of YOU at your laptop (capital letters their choice, not mine.) What are those minuscule figures in the periphery? "Tibetan protesters" and "Tibetans risk[ing] arrest and torture for sharing information". Man, I'm sure glad to know that these guys feel that privileged folk sitting on facebook clicking 'like' and 'share' are the ones freeing Tibet, not the thousands of Tibetans risking their lives protesting, organizing grassroots boycott campaigns inside of Tibet, promoting Tibetan identity through Lhakar and risking (as the infographic acknowledges) torture and arrest to make sure Tibetan voices are heard. I bet it makes all their facebook fans with the Free Tibet bumper stickers feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
And yes, I acknowledge the irony of ranting about this on a blog.
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