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>A great way to confuse the general public and push an agenda to create a culture of silencing anyone opposed to view points someone disagrees with. Can you gi

>A great way to confuse the general public and push an agenda to create a culture of silencing anyone opposed to view points someone disagrees with. Can you give me some examples of the viewpoints you're referring to here?

rvz 5y ago
Plenty of examples in the article if you have already read it. Example of enforcing this with cancellations: > Even as students began scouring the words of academics, administrators and fellow students for microaggressions, the oppressive slights embedded in everyday speech, and found them, complacency ruled. which was later enforced... > When invited speeches from people such as Christine Lagarde, then head of the International Monetary Fund, were cancelled after student activists accused her of complicity in “imperialist and patriarchal systems” Also... > James Bennet, who resigned as editorial-page editor of the New York Times after one such row, now works for The Economist; he was not involved in this article. The 'row' in question [0] lead to the editor's resignation [1] because he defended it. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/03/new-york-times-op-ed-tom-cotton-backlash-staff https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/03/new-york-times... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-bennet-resigns-nytimes-op-ed.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-benn...
- belltaco 5y ago
  It's neither new nor exclusive to liberals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_controversy
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  - rvz 5y ago
    Well its not me who said this was new, nor did I say it was 'exclusive to liberals' or any particular side of the political spectrum. I just used the examples listed in the article. Maybe you should direct this to the person who wrote the article at the Economist.
- crooked-v 5y ago
  The only thing new or unique about this supposedly "cancel culture" stuff is that it's liberals making effective use of public moral arguments instead of conservatives.

rvz 5y ago

Plenty of examples in the article if you have already read it. Example of enforcing this with cancellations: > Even as students began scouring the words of academics, administrators and fellow students for microaggressions, the oppressive slights embedded in everyday speech, and found them, complacency ruled. which was later enforced... > When invited speeches from people such as Christine Lagarde, then head of the International Monetary Fund, were cancelled after student activists accused her of complicity in “imperialist and patriarchal systems” Also... > James Bennet, who resigned as editorial-page editor of the New York Times after one such row, now works for The Economist; he was not involved in this article. The 'row' in question [0] lead to the editor's resignation [1] because he defended it. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/03/new-york-times-op-ed-tom-cotton-backlash-staff https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/03/new-york-times... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-bennet-resigns-nytimes-op-ed.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-benn...

belltaco 5y ago
It's neither new nor exclusive to liberals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_controversy
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- rvz 5y ago
  Well its not me who said this was new, nor did I say it was 'exclusive to liberals' or any particular side of the political spectrum. I just used the examples listed in the article. Maybe you should direct this to the person who wrote the article at the Economist.
crooked-v 5y ago
The only thing new or unique about this supposedly "cancel culture" stuff is that it's liberals making effective use of public moral arguments instead of conservatives.