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Jacqueline Rifkin

How did the "symbolic threat" formed?

A man hold his hand to his heart as a Proud Boys organizer recites the Pledge of Allegiance during a Proud Boys rally at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon on September 26, 2020. MARANIE R. STAAB/AFP via Getty Images

Places are not just physical, but also social.

For instance, around the North Carolina campus where we met, we knew certain bars based on the students who frequented them — the "Duke bars" versus the "UNC bars." Or, when traveling, we may try to guess whether most of the patrons at a restaurant are tourists – and if so, go elsewhere.

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