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Cancel culture is getting worse. I don't like where this is going at all.

by paul_f 6y ago

Arubis 6y ago
I am part of a generation that was raised being told: if you don’t like it, and it feels like your vote doesn’t count, well, you can vote with your wallet! And now that’s happening.
- Grustaf 6y ago
  No it’s not. It’s not consumers abandoning Twitter because Trump is there that caused Twitter to ban him. And it’s not because people boycotted iPhones that Apple booted Parler. In most cases it’s the exact opposite. They ban people and things that are incredibly popular on their platforms.
  - baumandm 6y ago
    It's just a second order effect. Apple booted Parler to preemptively avoid the risk of consumers abandoning their platform. Apple's walled garden and strict enforcement of their App Store policies are regularly championed in other threads, demonstrating Apple's strong commitment to both privacy and user experience. Was it the right decision? Would leaving Parler on the App Store have affected their bottom line? Who knows. But you could have asked the same questions when they blocked Xbox Game Pass from the iPhone, which was certainly not politically motivated.
    - Grustaf 6y ago
      You don’t really believe that is why they did that, do you?
king_magic 6y ago
Insurrection culture is getting worse. I don’t like where this is going at all.
- salawat 6y ago
  One person's insurrection is another's standing up for their rights in the face of outright oppression. When dialog stops and consensus can't be built, this is what happens.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - king_magic 6y ago
    No. Full stop. I'm sorry, but there is no way you can construe what happened last Wednesday as people "standing up for their rights in the face out outright oppression". These people are not being oppressed. They are literally the ones trying to oppress their political enemies. They are attempting to steal a legitimate democratic election with astonishingly absurd claims of widespread fraud. Do not weasel around this or try to rewrite history - what these people did was treason. These people are domestic terrorists, white supremacists, racists and far-right extremist militia members. The time for dialog with these tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists is over. They committed an armed insurrection against the United States government. This is not a time for forgiveness or debate. It's time for severe consequences for these terrorists.

Cancel culture is getting worse. I don't like where this is going at all.

by paul_f 6y ago

Cancel culture is getting worse. I don't like where this is going at all.

I am part of a generation that was raised being told: if you don’t like it, and it feels like your vote doesn’t count, well, you can vote with your wallet! And now that’s happening.

Grustaf 6y ago
No it’s not. It’s not consumers abandoning Twitter because Trump is there that caused Twitter to ban him. And it’s not because people boycotted iPhones that Apple booted Parler. In most cases it’s the exact opposite. They ban people and things that are incredibly popular on their platforms.
- baumandm 6y ago
  It's just a second order effect. Apple booted Parler to preemptively avoid the risk of consumers abandoning their platform. Apple's walled garden and strict enforcement of their App Store policies are regularly championed in other threads, demonstrating Apple's strong commitment to both privacy and user experience. Was it the right decision? Would leaving Parler on the App Store have affected their bottom line? Who knows. But you could have asked the same questions when they blocked Xbox Game Pass from the iPhone, which was certainly not politically motivated.
  - Grustaf 6y ago
    You don’t really believe that is why they did that, do you?

king_magic 6y ago

Insurrection culture is getting worse. I don’t like where this is going at all.

salawat 6y ago
One person's insurrection is another's standing up for their rights in the face of outright oppression. When dialog stops and consensus can't be built, this is what happens.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- king_magic 6y ago
  No. Full stop. I'm sorry, but there is no way you can construe what happened last Wednesday as people "standing up for their rights in the face out outright oppression". These people are not being oppressed. They are literally the ones trying to oppress their political enemies. They are attempting to steal a legitimate democratic election with astonishingly absurd claims of widespread fraud. Do not weasel around this or try to rewrite history - what these people did was treason. These people are domestic terrorists, white supremacists, racists and far-right extremist militia members. The time for dialog with these tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists is over. They committed an armed insurrection against the United States government. This is not a time for forgiveness or debate. It's time for severe consequences for these terrorists.