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I would be careful about accusing anyone of indulging in a victim culture, because it's a very easy script to flip. The common "leftist" perspective is that "c

I would be careful about accusing anyone of indulging in a victim culture, because it's a very easy script to flip. The common "leftist" perspective is that "cancelling" is a rare occurrence, mainly targets the rich and is not particularly effective in the grand scheme of things given that politically incorrect speakers routinely reach hundreds of millions of people. They would also argue that it can be tricky to tell whether someone is "cancelled" because primarily because of their views, or because they are insufferable and people were already looking for excuses to get rid of them. In other words, they don't think it's a big deal. Now, if the leftist is correct (I'm not saying they are), then your post ironically becomes a textbook example of victim culture: you're blowing up a relatively minor phenomenon out of proportion, painting yourself as being oppressed. The only reason you don't see it that way is because you think you're right and that the problem you see is truly serious. But obviously the people you think indulge in a "victim culture" also believe that the problem they see is serious. You should be more understanding of their mindset. Otherwise, all I'm seeing here are victims screaming past each other.

syshum 5y ago
there is soo much incorrect and inaccurate in your statement I am not sure where to even begin, as not only to you incorrect state the position of the "left" you have also completely mischaracterized my comments. First and for most the left absolutely believes cancelling in effective, infact they believe it is very effective and have used it to great effect, their problem is that for a few perculiarly popular indivuals, the one you kinda of highlight in your comment about "reaching millions" are insulated from the lefts ability to cancel them simply because they have more social power than the groups on the left However that has not stopped the left from canceling in the 100's, 1000's or more from de-platforming on the popular social platforms of people with little to no following, small youtube channels, to getting people fired from their mundane jobs due to a twitter they did not like. To deny the real world impact cancel culture has had to more or less irreverent people, people that do not have millions of followers, it is to deny reality itself Sure for those creators, pundits, personalities that have a fan base in the millions "cancelling" may be ineffective, but I am not talking about those select few people. I am talking about the school teacher that happened to support Trump in 2016, or 2020. I am talking about the marketing person they may have a controversial political view on immigration or abortion has dares to say so on twitter. I am talking about sub 100,000 subscriber you tube channel that may have said "hey that lab leak theory may have some merit" before the "authoritative sources" approved saying that, I am talking about a facebook user that happened to quote Ben Shapiro... The examples are endless, real, and provable.

syshum 5y ago

there is soo much incorrect and inaccurate in your statement I am not sure where to even begin, as not only to you incorrect state the position of the "left" you have also completely mischaracterized my comments. First and for most the left absolutely believes cancelling in effective, infact they believe it is very effective and have used it to great effect, their problem is that for a few perculiarly popular indivuals, the one you kinda of highlight in your comment about "reaching millions" are insulated from the lefts ability to cancel them simply because they have more social power than the groups on the left However that has not stopped the left from canceling in the 100's, 1000's or more from de-platforming on the popular social platforms of people with little to no following, small youtube channels, to getting people fired from their mundane jobs due to a twitter they did not like. To deny the real world impact cancel culture has had to more or less irreverent people, people that do not have millions of followers, it is to deny reality itself Sure for those creators, pundits, personalities that have a fan base in the millions "cancelling" may be ineffective, but I am not talking about those select few people. I am talking about the school teacher that happened to support Trump in 2016, or 2020. I am talking about the marketing person they may have a controversial political view on immigration or abortion has dares to say so on twitter. I am talking about sub 100,000 subscriber you tube channel that may have said "hey that lab leak theory may have some merit" before the "authoritative sources" approved saying that, I am talking about a facebook user that happened to quote Ben Shapiro... The examples are endless, real, and provable.