@vgr am I allowed to call a mass shooting a "ritual" if it's pretty obvious I'm not pro-mass-shooting, asking for a friend
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@sarahdoingthing Hmm. Actually mass shootings seem anti-ritual to me when it's not by an org... a kind of reaction to anomie.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@vgr the public reaction is 9/10 of the ritual3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing You're the expert, but I personally expect to see an element of non-utilitarian function in the behavior, some larping2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@vgr@sarahdoingthing There's an obv. & quickly expanding/hardening penumbra of ritual chanting now. cf. Twitter before the names came out.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@vgr @sarahdoingthing Consider the ubiquitous Unite Blue astroturf accounts as prayer wheels, all tweeting the same messages forever.
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