Cancel Culture

[joemcdokes]

I think social media is one of the worst things ever it's changed the way people live and interact with each other and not for the better

Just look on here, this is as bad any anywhere.
Even more so since people started picking up on Twitter to start threads.
It's as if they see Twitter as the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, very strange.

 

[jaxaxe]

You call the right piling on a Labour MP anti-semitism? Odd.

The cancelling of RLB from the Labour front bench and the cancelling of David Starkey from various Cambridge positions were two examples of cancel culture at work.

In those cases, in my view, both had justification as the statements were indefensible.

The antisemitism allegations against Labour are a form of cancel culture against the party, or elements within it. The mechanism is identical. The difference is that when it is the Right, they start bleating about "freedom of speech", and blame the "woke liberals" or whatever for creating an environment where they can't say toxic things without appearing toxic.

 

[joemcdokes]

Others might have opinions and insights. Which are nice to share in a debate.

Most of them are great for entertainment purposes.
At least at school the idiots were in a different class as I said to someone the other day.

 

[Goat Eyes]

Her kids received a lot of abuse and bullying at school due to the way she was portrayed. When Francis apologised, she came onto the receiving end.

Why on earth should she be happy about that?

It was probably all but forgotten now... Until she stoked the fire.

 

[Charmless Man]

The cancelling of RLB from the Labour front bench and the cancelling of David Starkey from various Cambridge positions were two examples of cancel culture at work.

In those cases, in my view, both had justification as the statements were indefensible.

The antisemitism allegations against Labour are a form of cancel culture against the party, or elements within it. The mechanism is identical. The difference is that when it is the Right, they start bleating about "freedom of speech", and blame the "woke liberals" or whatever for creating an environment where they can't say toxic things without appearing toxic.

Ahhh. Gotcha.

 

[Fred Secrets]

Others might have opinions and insights. Which are nice to share in a debate.

Fair enough.

 

[r@mside]

Just look on here, this is as bad any anywhere.
Even more so since people started picking up on Twitter to start threads.
It's as if they see Twitter as the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, very strange.

People have always had opinions, social media just broadens the reach.

 

[Sidewinder2]

It was probably all but forgotten now... Until she stoked the fire.

Considering her kids are 31 and 26 you're probably right.

Maybe it makes her feel better about giving her daughter alcohol and codeine at 12 and her becoming addicted.

Probably Francis fault

 

[r@mside]

It was probably all but forgotten now... Until she stoked the fire.

Obviously not or she wouldn't have raised it.

 

[Goat Eyes]

Considering her kids are 31 and 26 you're probably right.

 

[Pink Panther]

It was probably all but forgotten now... Until she stoked the fire.

If she'd privately explained to him her feelings she still would have got her apology. But she did it publicly and, unfortunately for her, the public can be dicks.

 

[Rustie Trombone]

The beauty of living in a democracy is having to listen to views you often find abhorrent.

 

[zwartekat]

The beauty of living in a democracy is having to listen to views you often find abhorrent.

A strange way of phrasing it.

Who can be bothered with this constant flow of new terms to describe how a few people on the edges of society feel? Apart from the odd TV programme it seems to be a few squawking for this and that to be banned which then doesn't happen and gets forgotten about. Or maybe I just don't keep up enough.

 

[JJH]

Everything seems to have gone black and white now, like everyone else doesn't exist.
Perhaps it should be called cancer culture.

I'm pretty sure it's a phrase aimed at the liberal left for trying to shut down anything they don't like to hear or see......normally stuff like common sense etc.

 

[monkeytassle]

The beauty of living in a democracy is having to listen to views you often find abhorrent.

I asked largely due to the inane ramblings of Chris Williamson and his merry band of twitter followers. They're all blocked by owneb Jones and only listen to things or people they like and have similar views. That's a very bad place to be as it means things go unchallenged.

 

[spitfire]

It's the same as WOKE and Karen's for me I had never heard of it and then all of a sudden both terms were all over the news. Society really is on the fall isn't it.

Never heard of the Karen thing until yesterday when me sister in law was on about it. Oh and no.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Seems to be two slightly different definitions, or strands to it. One of which is definitely bad, the other is a bit of a grey area.

Literally 'no platforming' or preventing a person from speaking at a particular event/institution, for example. Clearly a bad thing.

The other just seems to be mass online ridicule of someone for something they've said. Which is definitely fine when they're a public individual who has used their platform to say something, but has the potential to become a problem when it leads to people being doxxed.

It's not about ridiculing people it's about censorship, harrassment, getting people fired from their jobs etc - basically making people scared to express themselves for fear of retribution.

 

[Alcoholic_Author]

The cancelling of RLB from the Labour front bench and the cancelling of David Starkey from various Cambridge positions were two examples of cancel culture at work.

In those cases, in my view, both had justification as the statements were indefensible.

The antisemitism allegations against Labour are a form of cancel culture against the party, or elements within it. The mechanism is identical. The difference is that when it is the Right, they start bleating about "freedom of speech", and blame the "woke liberals" or whatever for creating an environment where they can't say toxic things without appearing toxic.

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[billyboy]

Maybe the fact that someone asked for an apology received her demands and still isn't happy.

Some people will never be happy.

 

[Frijj]

Seems to be a term applied mainly when its criticism of the right though. When a Labour MP tweets something and there's a Right wing pile on, what do we call that?

The Daily Mail