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Not OP but I listened to the debate. Said “anti-woke” side argued well that the vein of cancel culture that oversteps and ruins the lives of people just living
by krinchan 5y ago
Not OP but I listened to the debate.
Said “anti-woke” side argued well that the vein of cancel culture that oversteps and ruins the lives of people just living pay check to pay check and posting bad takes on Twitter on their 15 minute bathroom break is toxic. Meanwhile, it’s ineffective against the people who the movement claims to be targeting. They’re right, in my humble opinion. However, I vehemently disagree that it’s anything new or that it threatens discourse or “free speech.”
The “woke” side argued well about holding people accountable for what they say. Especially people with outsize influence. I also agree that it’s an important avenue for minority voices to be amplified and heard. However, the “Cancel Culture” they argued for only exists in the minority now. They didn’t really acknowledge that the majority of cancels are just normal people who post stupid Tweets that then lose their jobs and get radicalized.
In effect, they just kinda talked past each other because neither was arguing with sufficient nuance to encapsulate the entire movement. The people for the motion (the motion being “Cancel culture is toxic”) won in my head, just because they landed the closest to the reality of the situation.
For reference: My politics skew in the direction of wishing UN Agenda 21 was even half the conspiracy Republicans made it out to be. If even I’m backing away from social media and side eyeing the people to my left…uh. It’s not good.
- QuotedForTruth 5y ago> They didn’t really acknowledge that the majority of cancels are just normal people who post stupid Tweets that then lose their jobs and get radicalized. Can you provide any examples of this? I found myself agreeing with the against side because I really don’t see this happening.
- dnissley 5y agoA little late here, but here's a list I keep. These aren't strictly normal people, but I do consider all of their "cancellations" terribly wrongheaded: - Keith John Sampson (11/2007) - Adria Richards (3/2013) - Justine Sacco (12/2013) - Nicholas & Erika Christakis (5/2016) - Justine Schwarz (2/2017) - Bret Weinstein (5/2017) - James Damore (8/2017) - Ben Frisch (3/2018) - Jonathan Friedland (6/2018) - No Winegard (3/2020) - Colin Wright (4/2020) - David Shor (5/2020) - Emmanuel Cafferty (6/2020) - Gordon Klein (6/2020) - Stephen Hsu (6/2020) - Elisa Parrett (6/2020) - Norman C. Wang (8/2020) - Will Wilkinson (1/2021) - Lauren Wolfe (1/2021) - Chris Harrison (2/2021) - Donald Mcneil (2/2021) - Alexi McCammond (3/2021) - Sandra Sellers (3/2021) - Paul Rossi (4/2021) - Ryan Singer (4/2021) - Antonio Garcia Martinez (5/2021) - Emily Wilder (5/2021)