Sorta both? Has to do with the heavy recuperation of it by radlibs that want to cosplay as radicals. The emoji has sort of become useless as any sort of signifier
I legit don't even see many actual higher profile DSA members using it anymore. I know some regular members still do, but the people that are actually putting in a lot of work dropped it awhile ago, and it getting appropriated like that is very likely why. Never asked them but it would make sense
Sorta both? Has to do with the heavy recuperation of it by radlibs that want to cosplay as radicals. The emoji has sort of become useless as any sort of signifier
I legit don't even see many actual higher profile DSA members using it anymore. I know some regular members still do, but the people that are actually putting in a lot of work dropped it awhile ago, and it getting appropriated like that is very likely why. Never asked them but it would make sense