• True, but there are nuances. Stealing a symbol and giving it new meaning by using it for a different purpose is obviously a worse kind of appropriation than adopting language and culture.

    • @rainrain@sh.itjust.works
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      324 days ago

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

      Have I got that right?

      • 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.

      • Maeve
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        Yes. Cause it’s different when I do it. I really have to sit with this.