Episode 123: How Liberal Meta-Demands for "Investigations" and "Studies" Are Used to Silence Activists

<div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="7tfsv" data-offset-key="4hu6v-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4hu6v-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4hu6v-0-0">"Joe Biden Calls For ‘Immediate, Full And Transparent Investigation’ Into Jacob Blake Shooting,"</span> <span data-offset-key= "4hu6v-0-1">Forbes</span> <span data-offset-key= "4hu6v-0-2">reports. "Obama Fraud Task Force Takes on the Big Banks,"</span> <span data-offset-key="4hu6v-0-3">Bloomberg News</span> <span data-offset-key="4hu6v-0-4">proclaims. "Democratic lawmakers call for vote on bill to study reparations," announces CNN.</span></div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4hu6v-0-0"> </div> </div> <div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="7tfsv" data-offset-key="b3933-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b3933-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b3933-0-0">It seems that every time there’s a movement toward righting a historical or current wrong, whether police violence, corporate abuses, or climate. change, policymakers muster the same tepid “solution”: initiate a committee, investigation, commission, study, or, if they want to sound super militaristic and Serious a “task force” to probe the issue. This type of rhetorical filler offers elites the best of both worlds: Creating the appearance of attentiveness and progressiveness without requiring any meaningful, overt ideological commitments.</span></div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b3933-0-0"> </div> </div> <div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="7tfsv" data-offset-key="bf9to-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bf9to-0-0"><span data-offset-key= "bf9t