Canceling | ContraPoints

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tmpX7dMeXU · 2023-10 · Recommendation

[VIDEO] I think that it’s useful to hear a balanced take on cancel culture from someone that’s not, frankly, some Hollywood figure making dumb “cancel culture” jokes because they’re secretly pooping their pants over when it’s going to happen to them.

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josephg · 2023-02 · Recommendation

Yep; to say nothing of the psychological effects of being told that the whole world hates you. That sounds really traumatic. I'm not generally a contrapoints fan, but I really enjoyed the video she made about her experience with this on twitter: [VIDEO] Or the TED talk "How one tweet can ruin your life" from 2015: [LINK] We studied To Kill a Mockingbird and The Crucible when I was in highschool. I remember thinking how barbaric and despicable "mob justice" was. I didn't understand it, and I assumed I never would - I thought it was something we reference from history. But twitter really has brought the mob justice style witch hunts back. I don't understand how anyone can claim its not a real phenomenon. Being cancelled is obviously quite a real experience for the people it happens to.

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otikik · 2022-10 · Recommendation

The fact that you are not witnessing the consequences a lot of people on the left are subjected to is part of the problem. Social media works better when it is able to isolate people into their own bubble, and to see the other as the source of all that is bad in the world. I wish you good luck, getting out of there is difficult. Here's a video about how it was to feel cancellation of a leftist (from people also on the left!). It's long but you might find it entertaining. [VIDEO]

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