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Hot take: The South Dakota "Meth. I'm on it" anti-meth ad campaign that has been so widely derided online is actually brilliant. Whether it is ultimately successful remains to be seen.
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firefall · 61-69, M
what's it meant to actually achieve - even if a brilliant guerilla move, I don't see the purpose, other than to piss in peoples pockets - yes, you're aware of meth, ok, but are you going to DO anything about it?
also, OT, if you start leaning libertarian, will you become DunningKrugerrand ?
also, OT, if you start leaning libertarian, will you become DunningKrugerrand ?
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
@firefall First, it puts it out there that meth is a problem that needs to be addressed. Second, it shows that the people using meth and suffering from it are people just like them.
There is a general idea, at least in certain circles, that drug addicts are all "them," that they're all bad people who deserve what they get. Lock 'em away and throw away the key, and that's the most attention a lot of people are willing to give the problem.
This campaign puts up front the idea that, no, there are a lot of just ordinary people — people just like you — who have found themselves in this bad situation. This realization is the first step toward admitting that the meth problem is something that has to be solved by the community as a whole and that the old standby of "lock 'em up and throw away the key" doesn't work. You have to get this idea into the zeitgeist before you can successfully do anything to solve the core problem itself.
Again, how successful this approach will prove remains to be seen.
There is a general idea, at least in certain circles, that drug addicts are all "them," that they're all bad people who deserve what they get. Lock 'em away and throw away the key, and that's the most attention a lot of people are willing to give the problem.
This campaign puts up front the idea that, no, there are a lot of just ordinary people — people just like you — who have found themselves in this bad situation. This realization is the first step toward admitting that the meth problem is something that has to be solved by the community as a whole and that the old standby of "lock 'em up and throw away the key" doesn't work. You have to get this idea into the zeitgeist before you can successfully do anything to solve the core problem itself.
Again, how successful this approach will prove remains to be seen.
firefall · 61-69, M
@DunningKruger Well I guess it's worth trying, but I fear the people who think like that will just shut their minds, reject this as librul propaganda.