At Hacker News, the people concerned about "cancel culture" were, somehow, never concerned about the erosion of privacy and freedom of speech of ISIS. Or just o

At Hacker News, the people concerned about "cancel culture" were, somehow, never concerned about the erosion of privacy and freedom of speech of ISIS. Or just ordinary muslims. Or Sikh that look like muslims to idiots. Or the forever-ban of nipples. Or the freedom of speech of members of House and Senate, typically exercised without gallows waiting for them outside. Or the victims of whaterever-the-fuck #gamergate was. The sloganeering about "freedom of speech" or "cancel culture" has, at this point, really run its course and it's completely obvious that it is but a thin veneer over opinions that, for now, cannot be stated in polite company.