Contemporary American “politics” is mostly about who deserves dignity and who should be ritually humiliated.
Remarkable hearing a self-described Nazi issuing RITUAL HUMILIATION as the ultimate threat.

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I had a girlfriend in the 80s who was into extreme sadomasochism. I am not, but I was peripherally involved in the SF kink scene for a few years. I have watched close-up everything you can imagine and lots you can’t. I was fine with nearly everything. Consensual adults, whatever.
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I drew the line at ritual humiliation. Maybe I’m prudish, but I don’t think that’s OK. What does it say about contemporary society (or me?) that so many people are publicly lusting for kink scenes that (to me) seem beyond the pale, far worse than stuff that left permanent scars?
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I'm a little unclear what "publicly lusting for kink scenes" is pointing to? Scene in the sense of "punk scene"? Scene as in theatre scenes? Drawing parallels between actual BDSM and politics somehow?
#confused

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Yes, I was pointing to that last analogy. Not clear that it’s the same energy though. Probably unfair to sadomasochists in tarring them by association with political activists.
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Gotcha. I'm assuming that's around "wokeness", you're meaning?
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Equally the alt-right (who are pretty much the mirror image of the viciously woke). But also anyone using “politics” as an excuse to dehumanize their (usually largely imaginary) opponents. This is mainly about projection of the Shadow onto others, I suspect.
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