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This is a bad take, the wrong side of "paradox of tolerance". Firing/boycotting someone for doing nothing wrong, not even for something "offensive", but just f
by srtjstjsj 6y ago
This is a bad take, the wrong side of "paradox of tolerance".
Firing/boycotting someone for doing nothing wrong, not even for something "offensive", but just for appearing to have some observable qualities vaguely similar to people who do offensive things, is unjustifiable.
- Person5478 6y agoIt blew me away when the ok symbol somehow became a white supremacist symbol. I couldn't believe people would actually allow white supremacists to have so much power over them that they'd circumvent such a benign symbol.
- loveistheanswer 6y agoIf my meme history is correct, the okay symbol was created as a troll on 4chan, and the media took the bait
- theandrewbailey 6y agoSame thing with white milk.
- AustinDev 6y agoYou are correct. It was the beginning of the modern ‘clown world’ movement in memery.
- Person5478 6y agoThat's unfortunate, I know it had consequences for atleast 1 person who didn't understand the implications (I'm thinking of the driver who got recorded making the symbol).
- boplicity 6y ago>Firing/boycotting someone for doing nothing wrong, not even for something "offensive" Just an observation: You are "cancelling" the opinions of those who do the "cancelling." In terms of the OP, you may or may not agree with the opinion of the person who did the firing, but it was based on someone being offended. Whether or not that offense was justified, or a good enough reason to fire someone, is a different question.