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I have yet to see conservatives cancel something in the last 12 years.

by prudhvis 6y ago

opnitro 6y ago
I don't recall them treating Snowden particularly well
- klyrs 6y ago
  That one's got bipartisan support.
  - opnitro 6y ago
    Unfortunately. Just an example. Gay/Trans rights would also be a good example.
tux1968 6y ago
This really has nothing to do with liberal or conservative. It has to do with who is in power. When conservatives held the political reigns, they "cancelled" all marriages that didn't align with their traditional values. (for instance). We're faced with many more authoritarians of a leftist persuasion these days, but that doesn't mean conservatives have any fewer authoritarians in their ranks. It's a problem of constraining power in general.
- ojnabieoot 6y ago
  Man....... equivocating "being cancelled on Twitter because you said something misogynistic" with the pre-2005 reality of "same sex relationships will send you to jail in Oklahoma" is a profound lack of perspective, even by the standards of HN. "Cancellation" isn't censorship and it's certainly not a human rights violation. Get a grip.
  - tux1968 6y ago
    There's a lot more to cancellation than losing a twitter account, it's about the instinct to silence and control those who disagree with you. And the underlying process is the same. Conservatives often think they are doing the lords work, and anyone who opposes them is evil and not worthy. And liberals often think they have the market on virtue cornered, and anyone who is opposed is a nazi/racist/xenophobe. And I'm only slightly exaggerating. Edit: And I should add, that I did pick an example that was unfair to the right since it is worse than what is typically described as cancellation. So i apologize for that imbalance, but my basic point is still that the real issue is illiberal authoritarian elements that appear across the entire spectrum of left-to-right -- regardless of the degree to which they've so far been able to flex their muscles.
klyrs 6y ago
What do you call it when LGBTQ folk are disowned by their families? I know several such people, and it sure feels like "cancel culture" to them.
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lazyasciiart 6y ago
The only explanation for that would be not looking. Remember Milo Yiannopolous, cancelled by Breitbart and CPAC? How about Alexander Vindman?
shadowgovt 6y ago
I definitely have. https://www.google.com/search?q=conservatives+call+for+boycott+of https://www.google.com/search?q=conservatives+call+for+boyco...
jrgoff 6y ago
- Colin Kaepernick - They've been trying to cancel Planned Parenthood for as long as I can remember - The tea party movement was a frequent practicer of cancelling other conservative voices (e.g. charges of being RINOs) - Trump and his base have canceled many conservatives who did not like Trump - It feels like the whole "fake news" thing is a form of cancel culture

I have yet to see conservatives cancel something in the last 12 years.

opnitro 6y ago

I don't recall them treating Snowden particularly well

klyrs 6y ago
That one's got bipartisan support.
- opnitro 6y ago
  Unfortunately. Just an example. Gay/Trans rights would also be a good example.

tux1968 6y ago

This really has nothing to do with liberal or conservative. It has to do with who is in power. When conservatives held the political reigns, they "cancelled" all marriages that didn't align with their traditional values. (for instance). We're faced with many more authoritarians of a leftist persuasion these days, but that doesn't mean conservatives have any fewer authoritarians in their ranks. It's a problem of constraining power in general.

ojnabieoot 6y ago
Man....... equivocating "being cancelled on Twitter because you said something misogynistic" with the pre-2005 reality of "same sex relationships will send you to jail in Oklahoma" is a profound lack of perspective, even by the standards of HN. "Cancellation" isn't censorship and it's certainly not a human rights violation. Get a grip.
- tux1968 6y ago
  There's a lot more to cancellation than losing a twitter account, it's about the instinct to silence and control those who disagree with you. And the underlying process is the same. Conservatives often think they are doing the lords work, and anyone who opposes them is evil and not worthy. And liberals often think they have the market on virtue cornered, and anyone who is opposed is a nazi/racist/xenophobe. And I'm only slightly exaggerating. Edit: And I should add, that I did pick an example that was unfair to the right since it is worse than what is typically described as cancellation. So i apologize for that imbalance, but my basic point is still that the real issue is illiberal authoritarian elements that appear across the entire spectrum of left-to-right -- regardless of the degree to which they've so far been able to flex their muscles.

klyrs 6y ago

What do you call it when LGBTQ folk are disowned by their families? I know several such people, and it sure feels like "cancel culture" to them.

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lazyasciiart 6y ago

The only explanation for that would be not looking. Remember Milo Yiannopolous, cancelled by Breitbart and CPAC? How about Alexander Vindman?

shadowgovt 6y ago

I definitely have. https://www.google.com/search?q=conservatives+call+for+boycott+of https://www.google.com/search?q=conservatives+call+for+boyco...

jrgoff 6y ago

- Colin Kaepernick - They've been trying to cancel Planned Parenthood for as long as I can remember - The tea party movement was a frequent practicer of cancelling other conservative voices (e.g. charges of being RINOs) - Trump and his base have canceled many conservatives who did not like Trump - It feels like the whole "fake news" thing is a form of cancel culture