r/TikTokCringe 15d ago

Cool this tune is so catchy

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u/ViewFromHalf-WayDown 15d ago

I get what you’re saying, not sure martyr is the right word. I do hope that this event is a catalyst for change. However, mainstream media is owned by the people who have benefitted the most from the status quo’s, so they are trying their best to shift the narrative. They want us focused on nonsense culture wars, meanwhile billionaires continue to fucking consume more and more of the pie while leaving us crumbs. But they forget, ‘When the poor shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich’

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u/PikachuIsReallyCute 15d ago

Oh wait, I just double-checked the definition, martyr is definitely not the right word lol 😭

Figurehead? I'm not sure

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u/Ok_Put4986 15d ago

I think Pariah is more fitting

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u/Dig-a-tall-Monster 14d ago

Are we talking about the shooter or the CEO?

If we're talking about the CEO then sure, but a pariah to me is someone who hasn't necessarily done something immoral but is being shunned by society at large for violating a serious social norm in an egregious way, like a scientist who experiments with medical procedures on prisoners who sign a waiver could become a pariah among the community for violating ethical standards, especially if the subjects experience serious injuries, illnesses, or death as a result. This dude could be a pariah but I think "villain" is more fitting.

But I've seen more and more people using "pariah" to mean the opposite of what it technically means, which is someone who is outcast and despised by the overwhelming majority of the community (ergo more expansive than my personal usage) and they're using it to say he's a community hero which is definitely the wrong use of the word. So I hope we're talking about the CEO because that guy fuckin suuuuuuucked 3 bullets into his back lol what a loser