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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Appropriation implies a form of exclusivity and denying the original's validity. As in:

KKK took that symbol and forever changed everyone's association with it to their own org.

It's not appropriation to use a thing, it's appropriation to treat your use of the thing as the correct/real one.