I dunno mate, do note that my takes are rather specific to particular phenomena and claims, and are not intended to be generalized to "all the pixels"/"all the symbols".
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Replying to @0K_ultra @adornofthagn and
like, 1) if we can agree that specifically elimination of okay sign would not be useful for elimination of white supremacism,
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Replying to @0K_ultra @adornofthagn and
2) that there is no currently known credible procedure that would allow us to CORRECTLY detect an OTHERWISE UNKNOWN whitesup specimen BY LEVERAGING contextual and careful investigation of a conspicuous OK use incident
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Replying to @0K_ultra @adornofthagn and
3) and that generally partaking in "okay is not okay" behaviour specifically is liable to be dysfunctional through making one look like a crazy church lady and by "streisanding" a hostile channer op
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Replying to @0K_ultra @adornofthagn and
Can you name a cultural phenomenon that meets all these hurdles and thus is ok for one to be concerned about?
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Replying to @hikikomorphism @adornofthagn and
I am broadly pessimistic about 1) in the general sense (as in, I am not convinced even a honest to cog ban on a set of symbols or even whole texts could produce a measurable setback to movements currently using them, at least in modern settings)
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Replying to @0K_ultra @adornofthagn and
Ok, but remember that the whole ban framing is yours and yours alone. If this set of hurdles is only relevant to that, and not to the contextual signifier thing I've been arguing for, why did you post them? Are there any contextual signifiers you believe to be valid?
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Replying to @hikikomorphism @0K_ultra and
if someone comes to the show in black leather with a shaved head, he may not be a nazi, but if he gets in the pit and starts throwing punches and elbows, then he's a nazi context achieved
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Replying to @chaosprime @0K_ultra and
That's.... not how anything works, you're describing a really simplified worldview that is, I hope, not how you actually use context to interpret things. All that would allow one to infer is that the dude is a bit of a douche.
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Replying to @hikikomorphism @chaosprime and
Feels weird but I think the most charitable thing to do in this context is to assume you're being uncharitable
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actually at Naked Raygun shows at the Riv this was factually a reliable heuristic you could use to identify nazis might not work in other contexts
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