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I probably just haven’t spent a lot of time in social media to actually see this happen, but where I’ve caught wind of people claiming to being silenced (cancel

I probably just haven’t spent a lot of time in social media to actually see this happen, but where I’ve caught wind of people claiming to being silenced (cancelled) by some “woke” crowd of sorts, they aren’t actually being silenced and instead remain able to post their side of the story. So is this really a problem? How come so much of right-wing politics of the last four/five years were framed in such a narrative? For all of the things said about people in the internet being easily offended “snowflakes” these days, I’ve noticed that people who claim to being cancelled actually have (1) said something divisive or not clear enough so as to cause a public uproar, and (2) are simply taking on a victimhood mindset when justifiably-outraged people react to their content, instead of coming to terms with the fact that people are allowed to disagree with them when they post controversial thoughts on social media.

Viliam1234 6y ago
If someone was successfully silenced, then I guess by definition you wouldn't hear their complaint. What you can hear, are the near misses, like people employed by an institution that took a vote about whether to fire them, and decided that it wouldn't. Or people who took a hit and recovered, like they were fired but found another job later... maybe a less paying one, but they can still afford an internet connection. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. I assume that for each person who spoke bluntly and lost or nearly-lost their job, there are at least ten people who decided to keep quiet. > said something divisive or not clear enough so as to cause a public uproar That's in my opinion quite sad that being "not clear enough" is a punishable offense these days. In the past, people were less hysterical... well, probably the hysterical ones were just less interconnected. Like, seriously, if someone says a genuinely stupid thing once, would you fire them from their job? This seems completely crazy to me. Did we completely lose the ability to forgive / forget / ignore?

Viliam1234 6y ago

If someone was successfully silenced, then I guess by definition you wouldn't hear their complaint. What you can hear, are the near misses, like people employed by an institution that took a vote about whether to fire them, and decided that it wouldn't. Or people who took a hit and recovered, like they were fired but found another job later... maybe a less paying one, but they can still afford an internet connection. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. I assume that for each person who spoke bluntly and lost or nearly-lost their job, there are at least ten people who decided to keep quiet. > said something divisive or not clear enough so as to cause a public uproar That's in my opinion quite sad that being "not clear enough" is a punishable offense these days. In the past, people were less hysterical... well, probably the hysterical ones were just less interconnected. Like, seriously, if someone says a genuinely stupid thing once, would you fire them from their job? This seems completely crazy to me. Did we completely lose the ability to forgive / forget / ignore?