imagine identifying the important part of these events as the hand sign
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Replying to @chaosprime @hikikomorphism and
symbols are one of the most important parts of movements, yes symbols have incredible power
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Replying to @DSA_Omelas @hikikomorphism and
remember when there was a left that analyzed material conditions first yeah me neither
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Replying to @chaosprime @hikikomorphism and
to be clear, as someone whose culture has used the swastika as a symbol for good fortune for thousands of years, i don't actually like it but it is what it is, and i deal with it
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Replying to @DSA_Omelas @hikikomorphism and
i suppose given that the "okay" hand sign has been used as the official symbol and flag of a belligerent nation in a world war that conducted industrial scale murder of millions of people we'll just have to accept randos who didn't get the memo as collateral damage oh wait
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Replying to @chaosprime @hikikomorphism and
glad that our disagreement is merely about what the bar for a symbol to be corrupted is, have a nice day
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Replying to @DSA_Omelas @hikikomorphism and
i'll do my best, enjoy your cognitive autoimmune disorder
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Replying to @chaosprime @DSA_Omelas and
Oh hey look we're back to the assertion that you either stand with the willfull blindness society and deliberately refuse to notice a thing or are mentally compromised.
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Replying to @hikikomorphism @DSA_Omelas and
or, i dunno, you could note the deployment of the signal and move on to the political alignments that actually matter instead of contributing to the parareligious investment of another stupid fucking shibboleth
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Replying to @chaosprime @DSA_Omelas and
Hey what if we're doing that and it is you, the person getting mad that people noticed this thing and are talking about it at all, who are keeping the conversation centered on it
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Chaos Retweeted signaling rules everything around me 📶
that definitely seems like a possible takeawayhttps://twitter.com/DSA_Omelas/status/1107315489015885824 …
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Replying to @chaosprime @DSA_Omelas and
Yes, that comment about how symbols matter made deep in a thread about how the virtuous thing to do is ignore symbols entirely proves your point
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