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> We There is no "we", it's you and your opinion- own it. > i m surprised this isn't taken as common knowledge, but yes everything about cancellation culture
by defrost 1y ago
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There is no "we", it's you and your opinion- own it.
> i m surprised this isn't taken as common knowledge, but yes everything about cancellation culture started from leftist causes. I struggle to remember someone being cancelled for expressing "too progressive" ideas until recently.
We get it.
Not everybody is a UNIX coder of the 70s with clear memories of the 1960s and your limited world view is based on your own personal near term recollection and, seemingly, no actual reading of US history.
You might be interested to learn about the House Un-American Activities Committee and their attitude wrt cancelling progressives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_C...
- seydor 1y agothe term "cancel culture" , which i used, refers to the most recent wave of censorship and was introduced in 2018. I assume well-informed readers can infer the context, and understand that i am not talking about the entire history of censorship. Making berating comments doesn't really serve anything and reflects bad on the commenter. The more interesting question is why did we go from a relatively laisez-faire attitude of the 90s, which was earned after decades of social activism, to a close-minded culture that fires people for being mildly annoying.
- computerthings 1y ago[dead]