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Sarah Jessica Parker Bypasses Social Media for More Thoughtful Political Engagement

She channels her advocacy through selective offline actions after finding social platforms truncate nuanced debate

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Sarah Jessica Parker on "The Best People" (Credit: MSNBC)

Overview

  • On MSNBC’s The Best People podcast Parker said she avoids politics on social media because it “isn’t deserving of any real complicated conversation,” preferring richer discourse elsewhere
  • She warned that quick snippets reduce serious topics to misunderstood “fodder” over which she has no control
  • To illustrate her point Parker cited Franklin D. Roosevelt’s successful campaigns long before the digital era
  • Instead of posting online she stays vocal in settings she finds substantive by reading extensively and engaging selectively
  • Her stance underscores broader concerns about performative activism on social platforms and the value of deeper civic education