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Some people have lost their jobs over a tweet. Rich people and celebrities are the most visible but it isn't as if little people haven't been swept up on occasi
by suizi 6y ago
Some people have lost their jobs over a tweet. Rich people and celebrities are the most visible but it isn't as if little people haven't been swept up on occasion.
- krapp 6y agoPeople lose their jobs over all sorts of things all the time. Before "cancel culture," people could lose their jobs over a complaint from a single angry customer, or a joke or comment that got elevated to HR, or any reason at all. That doesn't ruin lives, it's a relatively common occurrence, particularly in the modern day. People are only equating it to Orwellian dystopia and Stasi oppression because politics has become involved. But it's not cancel culture's fault that at-will employment exists entirely at the whim and mercy of the employer, or that political activism (which cancel culture is) is clearly free speech. It's always been the case that if someone can convince your boss to fire you, you can be fired.
- Frondo 6y agoExactly, you want to talk about ending cancel culture? Fight for better workers' rights.
- Frondo 6y agoBoo hoo. People get fired for all kinds of arbitrary and capricious reasons. Fight for workers' rights if you care about that. Rich people being temporarily embarrassed? I don't give a shit, and neither should anyone else.