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Old 05-11-2015, 09:18 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth View Post
the pro-social aspect of it only applies within that subgroup, but in general the subgroup exists as an antisocial response to the current mainstream
I know you mentioned it, I just elaborated on it. I think the fact that it's a group response goes against it being an antisocial thing, even if it's technically antisocial when compared to the whole of society simply because it's a social event in itself.
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