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Renaming a pin isn't seizing power - it's exercising power that's already been taken or at least trying to be established, i.e. calling anyone who dares to ques
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
Renaming a pin isn't seizing power - it's exercising power that's already been taken or at least trying to be established, i.e. calling anyone who dares to question actions, movements, etc. a racist and destroying their livelihood. The power is through co-opting race issues, and other marginalized identities to silence debate and free thought. Oddly enough it's usually done by the managerial, urbane, upper-middle class white crowd.
- kube-system 6y agoIt only destroys the livelihood of people who decide to die on some mountain of political thought exercise that doesn't belong in a professional workplace to begin with. There's no transfer of power happening. Professionalism is and always has been inherently incompatible with unfettered "debate and free thought".