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Way to Fight Cancel Culture; Stop Capitulating to It

6 points by CM30 7y ago

CM30 7y ago
Oh god, I suspect this may be a tad too political for Hacker News. And I apologise if that's the case. But after hearing the StackOverflow stuff about that mod getting fired for pronouns, complaints about identity politics in companies like Google, and people getting their lives ruined over Twitter jokes, I thought I may as well post it anyway. The people pushing this stuff are bullies, and like most bullies, are depending on people not fighting back/not cowing to their demands. By not giving in, most will back off eventually. Same goes for a lot of these companies using dodgy DCMA notices and takedowns on YouTube. Most of them will not go forward with an actual lawsuit against a self hosted site or publication, since they know they legally don't have a leg to stand on. They just rely on the system being broken and take advantage of it. Tell these people you won't do what they want, and most of these issues will go away.
Peter_Smith 7y ago
Paywall
- CM30 7y ago
  Bloody Medium. Try this link instead: https://medium.com/@CM30/the-best-way-to-fight-identity-politics-and-cancel-culture-stop-capitulating-to-it-24ac3744253e?source=friends_link&sk=2f3300cc160b2b0d97aa69d2e0367171 https://medium.com/@CM30/the-best-way-to-fight-identity-poli... Sorry about the paywall issue there.
Porthos9K 7y ago
TL;DR: Harden the fuck up and learn to tell uptight moral crusaders of all stripes to fuck off. I swear, if Peter Steele of Type O Negative were still alive he'd be laughing his ass off. He saw this shit coming in the 1990s when he wrote "We Hate Everyone": --- The left, they say I'm a fascist The right calling me communist Hate, hate, hate, hatred for all, one and all No matter what you believe We don't believe in you—and that's true, yeah --- https://genius.com/Type-o-negative-we-hate-everyone-lyrics https://genius.com/Type-o-negative-we-hate-everyone-lyrics
gnusty_gnurc 7y ago
Things make a lot more sense if you think of all the endless controversies as moral panics.

6 points by CM30 7y ago

CM30 7y ago

Oh god, I suspect this may be a tad too political for Hacker News. And I apologise if that's the case. But after hearing the StackOverflow stuff about that mod getting fired for pronouns, complaints about identity politics in companies like Google, and people getting their lives ruined over Twitter jokes, I thought I may as well post it anyway. The people pushing this stuff are bullies, and like most bullies, are depending on people not fighting back/not cowing to their demands. By not giving in, most will back off eventually. Same goes for a lot of these companies using dodgy DCMA notices and takedowns on YouTube. Most of them will not go forward with an actual lawsuit against a self hosted site or publication, since they know they legally don't have a leg to stand on. They just rely on the system being broken and take advantage of it. Tell these people you won't do what they want, and most of these issues will go away.

Peter_Smith 7y ago

Paywall

CM30 7y ago
Bloody Medium. Try this link instead: https://medium.com/@CM30/the-best-way-to-fight-identity-politics-and-cancel-culture-stop-capitulating-to-it-24ac3744253e?source=friends_link&sk=2f3300cc160b2b0d97aa69d2e0367171 https://medium.com/@CM30/the-best-way-to-fight-identity-poli... Sorry about the paywall issue there.

Porthos9K 7y ago

TL;DR: Harden the fuck up and learn to tell uptight moral crusaders of all stripes to fuck off. I swear, if Peter Steele of Type O Negative were still alive he'd be laughing his ass off. He saw this shit coming in the 1990s when he wrote "We Hate Everyone": --- The left, they say I'm a fascist The right calling me communist Hate, hate, hate, hatred for all, one and all No matter what you believe We don't believe in you—and that's true, yeah --- https://genius.com/Type-o-negative-we-hate-everyone-lyrics https://genius.com/Type-o-negative-we-hate-everyone-lyrics

gnusty_gnurc 7y ago

Things make a lot more sense if you think of all the endless controversies as moral panics.