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Isn't that cancel culture though?
by CathedralBorrow 7y ago
Isn't that cancel culture though?
- 50656E6973 7y agoYep: >tries to make it a new normal that entire people can have their "feelings hurt" (what?) by mere non-insulting opinions, and it tries to make it a new normal that all actors should censor any undesirable or potentially undesirable opinion.
- CathedralBorrow 7y agoWell, can we say that people have their feelings hurt by Blizzard's opinion here, and try to make it normal that everyone should boycott them for it?
- mrkstu 7y agoNo, very simply they are protesting censorship, which is the opposite of what you're implying. You are saying that boycotting is itself censorship- no, it is a tool, that can be used by many people, with many POVs, and like most tools it can be used as a weapon either in defense of liberty or against it.
- CathedralBorrow 7y agoI'm not saying that, I was just wondering out loud where people draw the line. Please don't put words in my mouth.
- mrkstu 7y agoSeemed like a clear implication. Boycotts and cancel culture travel together at times but they are themselves orthogonal.
- CathedralBorrow 7y agoWell, now you know that I wasn't saying that.
- GhostVII 7y agoThe idea of "cancel culture" is generally surrounding boycotting people for opinions unrelated to what they are doing. Blizzard suspending the Hearthstone player could be considered "cancel culture," although I don't really think it fits super well, but boycotting Blizzard is protesting a specific action that happened recently, not an irrelevant opinion or statement they have apologized for. It is standing up for the ideals of free speech, not shutting them down.
- phlakaton 7y agoAnd what if it were?