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Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff
You don't see a problem with cultural appropriation?
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I'm all about respecting people and their wishes, but I also don't believe that cultural appropriation has any sort of clear protocol. Why are foods, music, art, and words fine to appropriate, but clothing and symbols are off-limits? Further, culture is a construct, an idea, and it's not possible to control the spread or evolution of ideas. Culture is dynamic by its very nature, and wherever two cultures meet, there's going to be merging and trading of ideas. It's impossible to avoid, and with more cultural connections than ever right now, it blows my mind how people can expect all ideas to remain off-limits.