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