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The "best" part of the toxic Twitter cancel culture is the "if you're not actively fighting for our cause, you're the devil and need to be cancelled". There ca

The "best" part of the toxic Twitter cancel culture is the "if you're not actively fighting for our cause, you're the devil and need to be cancelled". There can be no neutral ground, you're either fervently for them, or the enemy to be destroyed.

cwillu 5y ago
“A guilty system recognizes no innocents. As with any power apparatus which thinks everybody’s either for it or against it, we’re against it.”
mrslave 5y ago
Remember how mad everyone got when George W. Bush said, "You are either with us, or with the terrorists"?
1270018080 5y ago
By "enemy to be destroyed" you mean a few people mocking you after you say something stupid right? Assuming you have the thousands of followers needed get the visibility? It might be worth reflecting on the cancel culture boogeyman you are terrified of, and how much of it is in your imagination. That goes to anyone reading this too. It could help you out.
dillondoyle 5y ago
That take loses a ton of nuance. This is probably talking about anti-racism. When the status quo is actively discriminating and harmful, doing nothing is enabling oppression.
- Siira 5y ago
  No one has a duty to fight for your political ideology. What you’re proposing is called fundamentalism. It’s what inspires terrorists. Reminds me of forcing people to cry in funerals of dictators, honestly. Pure bullying, hiding behind a facade of righteousness.
  - rsfern 5y ago
    That’s not how I understand the idea of anti-racism, at least from what I’ve read by people like Ibram X Kendi; I’m not really sure what you’re responding to about fundamentalism Kendi frames it like this: it’s a contradiction to say “I’m not racist” but then continue to live in a way that perpetuates racial disparity. In his writing he gives a bunch of interesting examples from his life where he realized he was acting in that way and tried to change. Maybe you don’t agree with some of those views, but I kind of read your response in this genre of everyone talking past one another. I don’t really see what it has to do with the actual position of anti-racism
- stale2002 5y ago
  > When the status quo is actively discriminating and harmful, doing nothing is enabling oppression. So when a mob targets and harasses a person, as well as their friends and family, not only do they deserve it, but everyone else who isn't participating in the hate mob is evil as well apparently!
- nomdep 5y ago
  Most people don’t believe the status quo is actively discriminating and harmful. And you AND them are BOTH actually right because they live in a different circle/town/city/country than you. I believe Twitter mobs have a factor of American mentality that believe that their personal reality is THE reality. See for example when they harassed the Bulgarian author of the “Rubocop” Ruby library because “cop = bad!”

cwillu 5y ago

“A guilty system recognizes no innocents. As with any power apparatus which thinks everybody’s either for it or against it, we’re against it.”

mrslave 5y ago

Remember how mad everyone got when George W. Bush said, "You are either with us, or with the terrorists"?

1270018080 5y ago

By "enemy to be destroyed" you mean a few people mocking you after you say something stupid right? Assuming you have the thousands of followers needed get the visibility? It might be worth reflecting on the cancel culture boogeyman you are terrified of, and how much of it is in your imagination. That goes to anyone reading this too. It could help you out.

dillondoyle 5y ago

That take loses a ton of nuance. This is probably talking about anti-racism. When the status quo is actively discriminating and harmful, doing nothing is enabling oppression.

Siira 5y ago
No one has a duty to fight for your political ideology. What you’re proposing is called fundamentalism. It’s what inspires terrorists. Reminds me of forcing people to cry in funerals of dictators, honestly. Pure bullying, hiding behind a facade of righteousness.
- rsfern 5y ago
  That’s not how I understand the idea of anti-racism, at least from what I’ve read by people like Ibram X Kendi; I’m not really sure what you’re responding to about fundamentalism Kendi frames it like this: it’s a contradiction to say “I’m not racist” but then continue to live in a way that perpetuates racial disparity. In his writing he gives a bunch of interesting examples from his life where he realized he was acting in that way and tried to change. Maybe you don’t agree with some of those views, but I kind of read your response in this genre of everyone talking past one another. I don’t really see what it has to do with the actual position of anti-racism
stale2002 5y ago
> When the status quo is actively discriminating and harmful, doing nothing is enabling oppression. So when a mob targets and harasses a person, as well as their friends and family, not only do they deserve it, but everyone else who isn't participating in the hate mob is evil as well apparently!
nomdep 5y ago
Most people don’t believe the status quo is actively discriminating and harmful. And you AND them are BOTH actually right because they live in a different circle/town/city/country than you. I believe Twitter mobs have a factor of American mentality that believe that their personal reality is THE reality. See for example when they harassed the Bulgarian author of the “Rubocop” Ruby library because “cop = bad!”