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SLACKTIVISM

When the term “slacktivism” is used I want to throw a chair. A big one, like one of those airport massage chairs that cause nerve damage.

For the uninitiated, slacktivism is a rat-fart of a term that describes when people “lazily” use social media and the internet to support causes – via retweets, online petitions, sharing articles etc. But how the technicolour hell are

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