4 ms·
I don't understand why mobs don't form against the employers who fire people because of internet mobs. They often have a lot of supporters if it's a partisan po
by lopmotr 6y ago
I don't understand why mobs don't form against the employers who fire people because of internet mobs. They often have a lot of supporters if it's a partisan political issue. The employers are the ones doing the actual harm while everyone else is just saying words.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoOne guess would be that opponents of cancellation are calm intellectuals who write kindly-worded letters that corporate secretaries chuck in the bin without anyone else taking notice of them whereas angry internet mobs are full of crazy extremists sending death threats and bomb threats, doxxing people, SWAT-ing and that sort of thing which victims often yield to in order to make it stop.