The process by which subgroups export a new taboo/sacredness into the wider culture is fascinating and underexamined.
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@sarahdoingthing It takes root in a subgroup, becomes an established metonym (nooses prominent in fake-racism incidents at colleges)... -
@sarahdoingthing ...then there's a flashpoint where the new sub-meaning intersects the old meaning in the wider culture, and a fight starts. -
@sarahdoingthing It's putatively about Offense, but that's an inside-view understanding of a basic fight over cultural hegemony. -
@sarahdoingthing Silliest examples we laugh off ('niggardly', reading books about the KKK) but the more serious cases less noticed. -
@sarahdoingthing Lots of circulating memes are, substantially, abt battlespace preparation for these fights. Punching up vs. punching down.
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@St_Rev oh literally a hanging tree - I hadn't heard about it thanks slothsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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