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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Hmm. Actually mass shootings seem anti-ritual to me when it's not by an org... a kind of reaction to anomie.
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I mean in terms of being a public performance that is copied and spreads
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the public reaction is 9/10 of the ritual
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I think "performance" is more apt for act itself, "ritual" for reaction. (Though obv perf is form of ritual)
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@The_Lagrangian +1 to that. Some of the response is ritual. Obama is calling out the reaction formula, "pray for victims"
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@The_Lagrangian And the gun-rights derp debate that ensues is obviously very ritual in structure
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@The_Lagrangian Another ritual aspect: the instant-response space is sacred and reserved for information-free responses...
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@The_Lagrangian After Paris, some people were screaming "stop with your hot takes" -- only mourning/horror signals allowed
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