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how on earth would it manage to apply to everyone?

by ouid 4y ago

paganel 4y ago
Since we're on HN, search for computer programmers/IT people who got cancelled in the last, I don't know, 4-5 years for saying things that they shouldn't have said. We're not talking about "famous" IT people, just regular persons who, some of them, lost their employment status because of said cancelation. Later edit: From here [1], I was too optimistic of the 4-5 year estimation, this shit started 10 years ago. I guess we, programmers/IT people, were just the canaries in the coal-mine: > Hi, I'm the guy who made a comment about big dongles. (...) > My second comment is this, Adria has an audience and is a successful person of the media. Just check out her web page linked in her twitter account, her hard work and social activism speaks for itself. With that great power and reach comes responsibility. As a result of the picture she took I was let go from my job today. Which sucks because I have 3 kids and I really liked that job. Later later edit: Also, that Adria Richards lady got canceled and fired by her employer in return [2]. That reddit thread I linked to is a good example of how fast (relatively speaking) things change, nowadays there's no way in hell for a person to include a pr0n-related remark in a conference talk that is not related to the pr0n industry, but back in 2013 saying that that was not ok (and it wasn't and it isn't) was reason enough for ridicule. All this to say that cancelling someone for his/her opinions, as long as they're not inciting to violence, is not ok. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5391667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5391667 [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1aqyc7/adria_richards_terminated_from_sendgrid/ https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1aqyc7/adria_ri...
secondcoming 4y ago
For example, some randomer expresses a disallowed opinion on FB or whatever, and so a witchhunt ensues.

how on earth would it manage to apply to everyone?

by ouid 4y ago

how on earth would it manage to apply to everyone?

Since we're on HN, search for computer programmers/IT people who got cancelled in the last, I don't know, 4-5 years for saying things that they shouldn't have said. We're not talking about "famous" IT people, just regular persons who, some of them, lost their employment status because of said cancelation. Later edit: From here [1], I was too optimistic of the 4-5 year estimation, this shit started 10 years ago. I guess we, programmers/IT people, were just the canaries in the coal-mine: > Hi, I'm the guy who made a comment about big dongles. (...) > My second comment is this, Adria has an audience and is a successful person of the media. Just check out her web page linked in her twitter account, her hard work and social activism speaks for itself. With that great power and reach comes responsibility. As a result of the picture she took I was let go from my job today. Which sucks because I have 3 kids and I really liked that job. Later later edit: Also, that Adria Richards lady got canceled and fired by her employer in return [2]. That reddit thread I linked to is a good example of how fast (relatively speaking) things change, nowadays there's no way in hell for a person to include a pr0n-related remark in a conference talk that is not related to the pr0n industry, but back in 2013 saying that that was not ok (and it wasn't and it isn't) was reason enough for ridicule. All this to say that cancelling someone for his/her opinions, as long as they're not inciting to violence, is not ok. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5391667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5391667 [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1aqyc7/adria_richards_terminated_from_sendgrid/ https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1aqyc7/adria_ri...

secondcoming 4y ago

For example, some randomer expresses a disallowed opinion on FB or whatever, and so a witchhunt ensues.