The process by which subgroups export a new taboo/sacredness into the wider culture is fascinating and underexamined.
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@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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