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It is toxic.

• iron0013 6y ago
  Well so is a lot of stuff being said by the folks being “cancelled”! I don’t really understand the anti-cancellers perspective, to be honest. They want people to listen silently to their “free speech” and not be able to speak in return? It’s so blatantly hypocritical that it’s kind of funny
  • visarga 6y ago
    > I don’t really understand the anti cancellers perspective, to be honest. It's about mobbing onto someone online to shame him or her. Large numbers of people pile on top of someone causing great psychological harm. Shaming doesn't work, and especially not at this level. It might work when used in limited fashion to educate children, but public shaming has been abandoned by history as a bad practice.
  • loopz 6y ago
    Conversation ends with disrespect. It's kind of self-sabotage in the end, ruining potential for good arguments to flourish.
    • phendrenad2 6y ago
      Diluting free speech to stop cancel culture isn't worth it.
      • loopz 6y ago
        It's called self-restraint. Just because someone gave me a stick ("social" media), doesn't justify beating people up with it before trying better approaches first.
        • iron0013 6y ago
          I agree! High-profile transphobes and “scientific” racists should absolutely exercise self-restraint and avoid using their social media presence as a stick with which to beat minorities.
          • loopz 6y ago
            Yes to that too!