@sarahdoingthing But drawing a border invites a fight. If one is to do so, it is beneficial to draw in a way that makes a winnable fight.
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@sarahdoingthing So: pick a distinction that puts the outsiders on the back heel. ex: Islam does not and has never had a universal taboo...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing ...on images of Muhammad. But insurgent puritan movements keep recreating that taboo over and over in Islam's history.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing One infers that it's because it intersects usefully with the natural tendencies of Islamic scripture: it *reads* as holy...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing ...both to the puritan insurgents and the compromising mainstream. cf. the Burroughs prose I linked.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@St_Rev one of the deepest examples of this that I have seen is the cult of personality thing http://abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-model-of-cults-of-personality.html …pic.twitter.com/Beva0EfNVe
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@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev on that, btw, I'm kind of fascinated by the Stalin-era phenomenon of hyperbolic praise as a tactic of dissent1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev dissing Stalin openly was pragmatically a nonstarter so some ppl registered dissent by going so far over the top >1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev < that it was impossible to take seriously. which was (correctly) perceived as mockery but hard to counter >1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev < bc if publically accused of mockery the accused could always just play innocent2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
@schakalsynthetc @St_Rev reminds me of agree/amplify/accelerate tactic
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@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev cf Borat, "Throw The Jew Down The Well", tho arguably as an example of a misguided / failed attempt to make a point1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev imo failed bc SBC underestimates sheer reflexive *politeness* as motive for playing along with any ol' horror3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes - 2 more replies
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