The meta-level argument of modern activism is that, 'the victim is guilty of hating and this is disgusting, and thus we are justified in hating the victim and dehumanizing him'. The power of metynomy is employed to make the groups violence politically exigent and morally justified. The last post was on the theory of metonymy as a political tactic, this will describe the use of metonymy as it is practice by a modern group online to justify offline violence.
Metonymy in Practice
Metonymy in Practice
Metonymy in Practice
The meta-level argument of modern activism is that, 'the victim is guilty of hating and this is disgusting, and thus we are justified in hating the victim and dehumanizing him'. The power of metynomy is employed to make the groups violence politically exigent and morally justified. The last post was on the theory of metonymy as a political tactic, this will describe the use of metonymy as it is practice by a modern group online to justify offline violence.