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This SJW policing really sickens me. Brendan Eich, Curtis Yavin, Donglegate, "sexist" t-shirt astrophysicist, RMS, now this guy and who knows how many less prom

by Hitton 7y ago

This SJW policing really sickens me. Brendan Eich, Curtis Yavin, Donglegate, "sexist" t-shirt astrophysicist, RMS, now this guy and who knows how many less prominent ones. And the problem is that it's so widespread. I don't know of any community which isn't infected by it. And really, what can you do about it? If you are not already set for life you can't afford to step out against it unless you are willing to risk your livelihood.

sterkekoffie 7y ago
Putting Yarvin in the same clause as Donglegate is a little gauche...
- meowface 7y ago
  Yeah, Yarvin is a genuinely highly controversial figure who's one of the leaders in neo-monarchist and neo-reactionary philosophy. One could imagine there being controversies like this about him 20 years ago, before the current political climate. He knew what he was getting into. The others are basically just people who were unfortunate enough to be saying the "wrong" thing in the wrong place at the wrong time.
  - Hitton 7y ago
    His philosophy is crazy and most people consider it either laughable or offensive, but he was supposed to be giving technical talk about Urbit, so I don't see a reason why his philosophy should matter in that.
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DoreenMichele 7y ago
Just curious, are you set for life? If not, do you think you are risking your livelihood by leaving this comment?
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- concordDance 7y ago
  He's probably hoping to remain anonymous...
- dcolkitt 7y ago
  My intuition is that Cancel Culture operates a lot like the Drug War. The vast majority of non-PC speech and illicit drug use skirts by the Eye of Sauron without getting caught. But every now and then some poor bastard has his life ruined because he's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Saying that Cancel Culture doesn't do harm because people aren't afraid to wear a MAGA hat, is like saying the Drug War doesn't do harm because people aren't afraid to drop acid. Regardless of what percentage of people are caught, it's unjust to destroy someone's life because they put the wrong substance in their body or the wrong idea in their mind.
  - DoreenMichele 7y ago
    I was in no way suggesting that cancel culture isn't harmful.
_pgmf 7y ago
>what can you do about it? Never apologize.

by Hitton 7y ago

sterkekoffie 7y ago

Putting Yarvin in the same clause as Donglegate is a little gauche...

meowface 7y ago
Yeah, Yarvin is a genuinely highly controversial figure who's one of the leaders in neo-monarchist and neo-reactionary philosophy. One could imagine there being controversies like this about him 20 years ago, before the current political climate. He knew what he was getting into. The others are basically just people who were unfortunate enough to be saying the "wrong" thing in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- Hitton 7y ago
  His philosophy is crazy and most people consider it either laughable or offensive, but he was supposed to be giving technical talk about Urbit, so I don't see a reason why his philosophy should matter in that.

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DoreenMichele 7y ago

Just curious, are you set for life? If not, do you think you are risking your livelihood by leaving this comment?

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concordDance 7y ago
He's probably hoping to remain anonymous...
dcolkitt 7y ago
My intuition is that Cancel Culture operates a lot like the Drug War. The vast majority of non-PC speech and illicit drug use skirts by the Eye of Sauron without getting caught. But every now and then some poor bastard has his life ruined because he's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Saying that Cancel Culture doesn't do harm because people aren't afraid to wear a MAGA hat, is like saying the Drug War doesn't do harm because people aren't afraid to drop acid. Regardless of what percentage of people are caught, it's unjust to destroy someone's life because they put the wrong substance in their body or the wrong idea in their mind.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  I was in no way suggesting that cancel culture isn't harmful.

_pgmf 7y ago

>what can you do about it? Never apologize.