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I'll be honest here, I dislike the cancel culture with passion. When an angry mob tries to cancel a person there are 3 things that bothers me: 1. The cancelle
by Aldo_MX 6y ago
I'll be honest here, I dislike the cancel culture with passion.
When an angry mob tries to cancel a person there are 3 things that bothers me:
1. The cancellers are judging the past actions of a person with today's values, and are judging the past version of the person as if such person hadn't had already the chance to reflect on their past actions, accept their mistakes and become a better person.
2. The cancellers are becoming paradoxically the epitome of the paradox of tolerance by destroying the ability of others to be tolerant: Agree with us or we'll cancel you.
3. The cancellers are hidden behind the anonymity that their numbers provide, so they can destroy other people's lives with impunity. Cancellers should be held accountable for their actions.
- Cyberthal 6y agoDislike with passion? There are words for that: hate, despise, disdain, detest. "Darling, I like you with passion." Innocent errors of diction are de minimis; tiptoeing heresy emboldens orthodox bigotry.
- Aldo_MX 6y agoThere are other words like disapproval or concern. Example: 82 percent of Americans agree that hate speech is a problem in America today but 80 percent also view political correctness as an issue. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a70a7c3010027736a22740f/t/5bbcea6b7817f7bf7342b718/1539107467397/hidden_tribes_report-2.pdf https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a70a7c3010027736a227...
- Cyberthal 6y agoNeither of those two words include passion, nor does your example. The argument from consensus is particularly weak when not averaged historically across the lives of the present generation, much less historically.
- sofixa 6y ago> 1. The cancellers are judging the past actions of a person with today's values, and are judging the past version of the person as if such person hadn't had already the chance to reflect on their past actions, accept their mistakes and become a better person. That would make sense for someone judging the Mongols for conquering half of Eurasia. For someone judging sexual harassment and/or rape, when would you draw the line when "today's values" weren't applicable with regards to sexual harassment and/or rape? Like, take Andrew Cuomo or Harvey Weinstein. Is what many people are alleging they did fine because it was some time ago? And of course there are "cancellings" ( i hate that terminology...) for current actions, like LGBTQ-phobia, or the Q lunatics. I absolutely agree that "doing blackface" at a college party 30 years ago isn't really relevant to who a person is today.