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Cont: Cancel culture IRL Part 2

d4m10n said:
I don't recall making a thread about anti-"cancel culture" culture, whatever that means.

Also, if you don't know what my concerns are, feel free not to reference them.
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I'm not sure why I have be able to specifically enumerate what concerns you have about "cancel culture" to point out that have you concerns about "cancel culture".
 
d4m10n said:
Which of my objections (to canceling folks like Kroger Andy and Gelato Andy) have been rooted in right-wing censorship?
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The general idea of a "cancel culture" is a nakedly unsupported assumption which asserts that the ordinary ebb and flow of public criticism and discourse is some novel and corrosive element.

Two people getting unjustly (to your eye) "cancelled" does not a "cancel culture" make.
 
d4m10n said:
Which of my objections (to canceling folks like Kroger Andy and Gelato Andy) have been rooted in right-wing censorship?
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Not sure who Gelato Andy is, but Kroger Andy wasn't actually "cancelled" and ended up $28K richer for the failed attempt. Feel free to try to "cancel" me if it nets me enough money to buy a new car.

It would probably be better to look at your concerns over Gina Carano being "cancelled" to see where they align with purveyors of right wing censorship.
 
Having read further, this all just a pro-union and pro national healthcare thread. I’m on board.
 
It's pretty funny that right wingers have a culture war issue that hinges entirely on the fact that so many Americans have precarious employment.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
It's pretty funny that right wingers have a culture war issue that hinges entirely on the fact that so many Americans have precarious employment.
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It's hilarious that you keep talking about right-wingers even when they aren't here to argue.

Dr. Keith said:
Having read further, this all just a pro-union and pro national healthcare thread.
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Both good ideas; both would also make public shaming efforts directed at ordinary employees vastly less ethically fraught.

johnny karate said:
Not sure who Gelato Andy...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/mn6g9/official_update_skepticon_and_gelato_mio_andy_are/

johnny karate said:
It would probably be better to look at your concerns over Gina Carano being "cancelled" to see where they align with purveyors of right wing censorship.
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Gina will land on her feet, but the gleeful cancelers did manage to kill the spinoff. Don't call it censorship, though, it's just television that won't happen.
 
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johnny karate said:
Is there a way for me to know how what happened to Gelato Andy represents an existential threat to society that doesn’t require me to read a Reddit thread?
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Nope, that the only well-written unbiased account.

(Not sure why you're invoking existential theeats.)
 
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d4m10n said:
Gina will land on her feet, but the gleeful cancelers did manage to kill the spinoff. Don't call it censorship, though, it's just television that won't happen.
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My reason for not calling it censorship would probably be because it would be ludicrous to do so and I’d be embarrassed to even suggest it.

I would, however, love to know how I can force a giant media conglomerate to cancel a show I don’t like. I had no idea this amazing power was available to me.
 
d4m10n said:
Must be relaxing to never worry about anything less than existential threats.

What, me worry?
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We’re in a thread about “cancel culture”, not random Reddit anecdotes about an unpleasant thing that might have happened to someone.

If it’s not a serious and pervasive problem, I don’t see how it’s worthy of discussion.
 
johnny karate said:
We’re in a thread about “cancel culture”, not random Reddit anecdotes about an unpleasant thing that might have happened to someone.
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An unpleasant attempt by self-identified skeptics to drive a gelatiere out of business.

johnny karate said:
If it’s not a serious and pervasive problem, I don’t see how it’s worthy of discussion.
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Feel free not to discuss.
 
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d4m10n said:
It's hilarious that you keep talking about right-wingers even when they aren't here to argue.

Both good ideas; both would also make public shaming efforts directed at ordinary employees vastly less ethically fraught.



https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/mn6g9/official_update_skepticon_and_gelato_mio_andy_are/

Gina will land on her feet, but the gleeful cancelers did manage to kill the spinoff. Don't call it censorship, though, it's just television that won't happen.
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I don't think you're going to have much luck finding anyone to discuss the version of cancel culture that only exists in your head.
 
johnny karate said:
Obviously one of the most serious crises to occur in recent memory.
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I wouldn't think so.

I mean, it was probably awful for him (for a time) to be getting piled-on by so many strangers, but ultimately his Yelp! ratings rebounded despite the semi-coordinated efforts of a fairly vengeful online mob.
 
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