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A good one from @AnasirBAdem..
The best thing that social media can probably offer for "dialogue" is exposing what each party wants if everything is to go their way. That would possibly indicate their initial negotiating positions, if and when they would take part in one. /1 https://twitter.com/AnasirBAdem/status/1272923532708773893
The best thing that social media can probably offer for "dialogue" is exposing what each party wants if everything is to go their way. That would possibly indicate their initial negotiating positions, if and when they would take part in one. /1 https://twitter.com/AnasirBAdem/status/1272923532708773893
But even this comes at the cost of mutual radicalization. Not on only politics proper, I have seen many who start somewhere in the middle but move to the extreme position of whatever issue they are debating right before our eyes as they continue to interact. /2
Media, be it social or mainstream, is not place for proper political dialogue which require a lot of give and take and mutual legitimation. However, conversations before an audience adds a sense of competition, specially with live commentary social media affords.../3
...the temptation to focus on points scored rather than points made is much higher. If there is any hope of a genuine dialogue, extensive back room conversations need to precede among the big players so that all parties agree a mutual face saving narrative they can sell. /4
Whoever though that sending a/going with a delegation of fifty public figures to Mekelle with fanfare and putting tplf on the spot would reduce tensions failed to appreciate the complexity of the problem. /5
More importantly, this stunt will have undermined the role these people may play in more thoughtfully designed process in the future. /6
