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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Replying to @hikikomorphism @DSA_Omelas and
Chaos Retweeted signaling rules everything around me 📶
that definitely seems like a possible takeawayhttps://twitter.com/DSA_Omelas/status/1107315489015885824 …
Chaos added,
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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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Replying to @chaosprime @DSA_Omelas and
This is the level of argument I've come to expect from you when talking about things that trigger you (eg the idea that sometimes symbolic mappings shift, apparently)
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sad! well i guess the only way to earn your approval is to buy into the idea that the people talking about how symbols are "one of the most important parts of movements" and have "incredible power" are the ones really not getting overwrought about symbols around here
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Replying to @chaosprime @DSA_Omelas and
Gosh, I guess if someone responds to your argument saying that symbols don't matter by saying they do (which is entirely reasonable given that the right has put nontrivial effort into establishing it) that must mean they're completely irrational.
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Replying to @hikikomorphism @chaosprime and
I asked about whether you believed "near total social suppression" of OK-gesture usage will affect whitesup functioning in meaningful measurable ways is because it kind of is directly relevant to whether this particular symbol "matters" in ways that warrant any reaction :)
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