Ha, you were not silenced, by word count! In the bigger scope, you silenced yourself. Could this event have been a forum and awesome show-n-tell case for cultural exchange about customary DDLM and ideas about transhumanism? They are both of them "virtual realities" IMO.

Well, but you had to react negatively becuz of the verbiage in a rough draft of a flyer, and antagonized the project from the very start, dead worried some actual mexicans might show up and be offended.

I only came into this thread again to retrieve the flyer, to share on twitter. Sad there's nothing DDLM about the event. HOLD ON, now there is, becuz I synthesized the concepts in mind, without paying royalties to anybody. I'll share the synth tonight if you wish.

So bring on the DDLM tonight in costume, if you want to, without fear or shame of cultural criticism from your peers. Happy Halloween Everyone.

And here is our consolation prize, courtesy of Ford Motor Company. They paid to show me this. Well, they didn't pay until I clicked so I could show you:

https://twitter.com/Ford/status/528231562467213312

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 12:24 PM, yar <yardenack@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Johnny <mostmodernist@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please quit the rabid accusation of cultural appropriation. It is ugly, cuz
> the people of this community are basically "culture warriors", most of whom
> I am sure are very keen to be respectful, who basically walk on cultural
> eggshells in a concerted effort to be inclusive and non-alienating. And
> why? THEY KNOW THAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE IS IMPORTANT.

Sorry, but to me the only thing rabid, incendiary or ugly in this
thread is the idea that naming power relationships is somehow itself
rabid, incendiary, or ugly. This is the "she who smelt it dealt it"
theory of sociology, and in my experience it only serves to silence
marginalized people.