A revolution of colours

In the recent decade,  almost all have taken to expression and promotion through media.  People from several professions, ages, social understandings and status have established themselves as promoters and catalysts of movements and revolutions. 
Social media has provided a medium of message transmission at the largest scale. The smart have used it to push their motives, good, bad and ugly alike. Influencers have mobilised consumers, set trends and tried to spread awareness. An incident becomes news within seconds. A vast majority jumps onto an opinion within minutes, justice is dispensed a few hours later and promoted with hashtags that trend a few days. 
While Notre Dame was burning down,  people were already on their instagram accounts posting about it,  praying for the building to sustain.  When Sudan was starving social media enthusiasts were quick to showcase solidarity with blue display pictures.  Kashmir Lockdown made them shift to red and an epidemic made them engage in conversations, meaningful and otherwise.  
The problem? The inability to act any further. Using colours and hashtags is the beginning and end to a social media revolution. There is no further concrete plan of action. No donations, no protests. A simple blue, red and black change.  
Many have used the platforms of twitter and such to spread awareness. We were informed of menstrual hygiene, widespread patriarchy, anti black programmes, breach of democracy and mental health to name a few. Parallel to the education that was being provided, people were harassed, abused and defamed for believing otherwise.  Every movement that empowered a section, brought down another. 
While women fought for equality,  they generalised the male toxicity. While the people of colour demanded justice for the fallen,  white supremacy as a homogeneity was promoted. If this wasn't enough, everytime one issue was being dealt with there was a resistance to it on ill grounds. While people cried about the value of a black life, others couldn't help but shut them down because they believe all lives matter equally.
Intolerance towards change and progress has been exposed to the ground. Members of the online community have an unwarranted need to oppose, assume and degrade. This makes the honest and dishonest aims of evolution devoid of any result. Ideas of the responsible end with a single click,  making people disbelieve they have done enough. Responsibility becomes a mere facade while colours of revolution change every week. 

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