ext_44983 ([identity profile] sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sophiaserpentia 2006-08-29 07:29 pm (UTC)

Yeah. This is why i talk a lot about misappropriation of the language of dissent. People who are being oppressed are usually denied a way of speaking about it. Sometimes this is really overt -- like when the native language of a conquered people is forbidden. But sometimes it's really subtle -- when the words oppressed people use to describe their experiences are rendered meaningless by misuse in other contexts, subtle redefition so that it carries a safely non-radical meaning.

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