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> If the majority viewpoint shifts so that your opinions become unpopular, will you happily accept getting deplatformed yourself? Don't be so naive as to think
by bmarquez 8y ago
> If the majority viewpoint shifts so that your opinions become unpopular, will you happily accept getting deplatformed yourself? Don't be so naive as to think it can't happen.
I've seen this happen recently. The same people cheering on the deplatorming of Milo Yiannopoulos shouting "freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences" were just stunned when James Gunn was fired for his tweets.
- gowld 8y agoThey were stunned because Disney execs got trolled into footgunning their business, not because Disney chose not to work with someone they disliked or because a boycott cost Disney some sales. Deplatforming Milo's intellectually bankrupt hateful message is not at all like "Deplatforming" a movie wholly unrelated to bad jokes told long ago by the movie's director.
- bmarquez 8y agoI'd like to think that Disney execs are smarter than you give them credit for. The reason I compared Milo and Gunn is because both of them were deplatformed (by Simon and Schuster and Disney respectively) for making comments related to pedophilia. Milo says he was an abuse victim himself, Gunn says they're jokes. I don't know so I won't judge. But I'm pointing out that making shocking statements to gain popularity can be easily misused by your opponents (on all political sides), with career-ending consequences.