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the "speech is literally violence" trick functions by elevating social reality to the same ontological status as the physical, which is a legal move in a postmodern worldview where the truth is what people agree on it being
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RT @yashkaf
When I hear "this argument/data can be used to attack" I basically translate it as "I'm a pure conflict theorist who couldn't give less of a fuck which arguments/data are actually true" but to be fair I …
https://twitter.com/yashkaf/status/1478473903093731333
the trick is a deft political move, a form of frame control, changing the rules by which the game can be played
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RT @Amos_5_18
Counterpoint implied by their actions is "and our violence is speech", a logical consequence of their philosophy enabled by the fact nobody has pushed back on the initial thesis (and postmodern worldview in general) as mentioned by this Q'dT.
We have little ground left to cede. https://twitter.com/pee_zombie…
https://twitter.com/Amos_5_18/status/1478490720583528454