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1. Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Feb-2023 05:59:15 JST Thomas Zimmer

   The “cancel culture” and anti-“wokeism” moral panics rely on a complete inversion of the actual balance of power, portraying traditionally marginalized groups as mighty forces that urgently need to be reined in – and those in elite positions as desperately in need of protection. (Thread - 1/)

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   • Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Feb-2023 06:00:30 JST Thomas Zimmer

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     It’s an unbelievably cynical game: Some of society’s most vulnerable groups – trans people, for instance, whose fundamental rights, including their right to exist in the public square, are being stripped away – are presented as a dangerous, powerful cabal. 2/

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   • Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Feb-2023 06:01:53 JST Thomas Zimmer

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     In a way, the New York Times recently elevating an unhinged anti-“woke” crusader like Pamela Paul is actually useful: In everything she writes, the cynical inversion of  power is dialed up to 11 – which gets you to “In defense of JK Rowling.” It’s not gonna get any more obvious. 3/

   • Adrian Cochrane (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Feb-2023 07:06:33 JST Adrian Cochrane

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     @tzimmer_history These moral panics annoy me because when I recommend alternatives to Hollywood entertainment that summons them. Then they inevitably find something inconsequential to disapprove of in my recommendations!