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Can someone draw any sort of bright line between “marketplace of ideas rejecting an idea” and “cancel culture?” Fine foregoing the latter so long as we can ret
by llamaimperative 2y ago
Can someone draw any sort of bright line between “marketplace of ideas rejecting an idea” and “cancel culture?”
Fine foregoing the latter so long as we can retain the former, but really a whole lot of complaining about cancel culture comes down to “people shouldn’t be able to dislike me for the things I believe, say, or do,” which is obviously insane imo.
Utilizing state power to express disapproval, of course, should be absolutely verboten in almost all cases (US 1st Amendment case law has overall found good gradations here).
- ReptileMan 2y agoI can try. Cancel culture is interfering with others communication. If Andrew Tate, Milo Yanopulis, Ta neshi coates or Ibram Kendi want to spew bullshits or lies and there are gullible enough people to listen to them - then you as a third person doing your best to deplatform them - trying to push them away from the discourse is a cancel culture. Rejection of ideas is a lone communist wacko tankie shouting at Hyde park and nobody listening to him.
- tetromino_ 2y ago"Cancel culture" implies a lack of proportionality, an inability to agree to disagree, an inability to compartmentalize and separate the artist from the art, and most importantly, a desire to punish through mob action. If you discover that someone holds a very offensive belief, would your approach be to (a) reduce your personal emotional involvement with them, perhaps give a private rebuke to let them know your opinion, or (b) participate in a campaign to publicly shame them and hopefully ruin their life?