• rainrain@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    So it’s not just regular appropriation, it’s the bad kind of appropriation. Because they’re bad.

    Have I got that right?

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      17 hours ago

      Appropriation implies a form of exclusivity and denying the original’s validity. As in:

      KKK took that symbol and forever changed everyone’s association with it to their own org.

      It’s not appropriation to use a thing, it’s appropriation to treat your use of the thing as the correct/real one.