The #mainstreaming is touching on the #deathcult metaphor, this is normal as it’s a useful way of expressing the horrific reality “common sense” has built for us to live (and die) within. And, yes, this is using the metaphor in a more narrow way, as it is mainstreaming which has hard limits on dialogue to build conversations on, we need to move past these to compost this mess.

Novara Media: Novara FM: Mourn the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living w/ Sarah Jaffe https://podcast.novaramedia.com/2024/09/novara-fm-mourn-the-dead-fight-like-hell-for-the-living-w-sarah-jaffe/

This metaphor is cropping up more and more, will try and collect links here, if you see the metaphor being used please post a link in the comments, thanks.

List of uses:

https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=deathcult is a history here.

Non metaphor examples:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/18/the-guardian-view-on-israels-booby-trap-war-and-unacceptable