Poor people were looked upon as deviants within society well before the 20th century. |
Norms use the clubs of stigma and shame to punish deviants, nonconformists, and radicals. |
Arbus was also masterful at capturing the normalness of those that mainstream society branded as deviants or freaks. |
Today's deviants have declared war on the society as a whole, so we have no choice but to wage war against them. |
Gays who were once considered deviants can now benefit from the security of legally sanctioned marriages. |
Emile Durkheim pointed out long ago that even a society of saints would produce its deviants. |