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A law that cancels cancel culture? This country is considering it
- bediger4000 3y agoHow would this work in the USA? The freedom of association that might allow "cancel culture" is highly prized, it's really the same thing that lets bakers refuse to create cakes for some classes of people.
- krapp 3y agoIt obviously wouldn't work in the US on a national level, since both freedom of speech and freedom of association allow for it. At its core, "cancel culture" is simply a form of political activism and protest. I wouldn't be surprised if certain states like Texas tried it, given the current environment.
- bediger4000 3y agoI'd be curious about the wording of a law that allowed, say, a baker to refuse service to gay or trans people, but required media companies to carry racist or misogynist comedy. I think it would be harder still to prohibit people from buying goods or services advertised in conjunction with racist or misogynist comedy. I seem to recall some states trying to prohibit boycotts of advertisers or certain goods and services under the rubric of "economic terrorism", but I can't google anything pertinent right now.
- detaro 3y ago> I'd be curious about the wording of a law that allowed, say, a baker to refuse service to gay or trans people, but required media companies to carry racist or misogynist comedy. By making it explicit what categories are ok to boycott and which aren't. It doesn't have to work in a general case to achieve their goals. > I seem to recall some states trying to prohibit boycotts of advertisers or certain goods and services under the rubric of "economic terrorism", but I can't google anything pertinent right now. Closest I have heard of are anti-BDS laws, which usually do it through preventing the state from doing business with people who take part in boycotts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#Anti-BDS_laws_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#Anti-BDS_laws_in... For many industries, not being able to sell to schools/government offices/... is a notable disadvantage. Or if you want bigger reach, make it apply to suppliers of suppliers too.
- slater 3y agoSave you a click: 1) The country is Singapore 2) Of course, you guessed it, it's the god-botherers who are all up in arms about this whole icky "decriminalization of homosexuality" thing, "where will it lead, slippery slope!!1~", "Won't someone think of the children?!" and all the other usual christo-fascist nonsense.
- rTX5CMRXIfFG 3y agoI’m just amazed that cancel culture even made it as a core terminology in contemporary US politics. It’s just people saying deliberately offensive things in public, and then complaining that other people who disagree exist and that such people are refusing to be associated with them or their business(es). Real cases where people lose their jobs or reputation because of trial by publicity is actually quite rare.
- coldtea 3y agoYeah, it's not anybody lost their job or faced an angry internet mob because they said something totally acceptible 20 years ago before a climate of hysteria and extemist views prevailed...
- rTX5CMRXIfFG 3y agoAgree. Before the internet 20 years ago circa 2016, people simply forgot about the terrible things that public figures said in public.
- coldtea 3y agoBefore the internet people also were more tolerant (or had less of an outlet to exercize out their petty morality plays and power trips by getting people harassed or fired) of what private people said or what someone wrote on their blog, etc. And the lunatics haven't taken over the asylum yet.