Oh crap. Despite all the "harm" it's supposed to cause the attempted cancellation of Hogwart's Legacy appears to have faltered, sputtered, died by the side of the road, and hauled off to be crushed.
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Cont: Cancel culture IRL Part 2
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wareyin
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Even by your normal standards, that was a hilariously bad bait and switch. You asked how the thing you yourself said was a mistake could have possibly been a bad look, I pointed out how you had tripped over your own argument, and you jumped to this strawman of my arguments that <spoiler> already applies to everyone not in your ivory tower anyway.
As already pointed out, if you wish to argue that worker protections should be strengthened, or the social safety net, we agree. But when your only concerns are for the already protected people well off enough that they don't need a safety net, it gets obvious that the safety net or worker protections are not your real concerns.
wareyin
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Oh noes, another cancellation that wasn't. This continued braying of examples that disprove your belief in cancel culture while being apparently oblivious to how they do so continues to amuse.
wareyin
Penultimate Amazing
Not entirely sure what Google shows over there, tbh.
Though I'm now also not sure what would you define as "cancel culture." At the end of the day that's what it boils down to: some numpties are whining about how X is a horrible person because he/she/it disagrees with them. Or as in this case just isn't interested in validating their pet peeve. Usually without any kind of success when it comes to cancelling them (especially when it comes to a self-employed streamer, WHO would fire him?) But just because a bully isn't actually successful in silencing someone, doesn't mean that the intent wasn't there.
As someone who has been in this thread whining about how people who dislike what you like are horrible people/the Taliban/literal Nazis, you might want to look in the mirror.
Agreed, it is highly amusing watching the attempted cancellation of the Harry Potter series getting kicked squarely in the gonads by the boot of public opinion yet again. After the runaway success of my first novel Harry Potter vs the Pissed Off Christians, keep your eyes peeled for my forthcoming follow up work Harry Potter vs the Pissed Off Trannies.
wareyin
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As even one of the most fervent believers in "cancel culture" now agrees that his own examples disprove his claims, I maintain hope that other reactionaries will stop whining about their privileged icons ever possibly facing watered down consequences of their own choices. Or the 'podcasts should be made forever even if those making them no longer want to do it' thing.
But I'm not going to hold my breath.
But I'm not going to hold my breath.
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Thank you for once again confirming that, for the most part, the system works and there is nothing problematic happening on a significant enough level to call it a “culture”.
smartcooky
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So "Opening Arguments" was for the chopping block, and Andrew Torrez was "cancelled" by MSW Media...
Coulda fooled me...
https://openargs.com/oa688-oh-no-the-privilege-is-mine/
So much for cancel culture eh d4m10n
d4m10n
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He was indeed cancelled from his co-hosting role at MSW, to be replaced soon. The replacement pick is experienced and erudite, so this might not be so bad.
I stand corrected on whether the Opening Arguments podcast will go on...for now. There is at least some reason to believe it will have to rebuild from scratch given a very sharp decline in financial support.
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I stand corrected on whether the Opening Arguments podcast will go on...for now. There is at least some reason to believe it will have to rebuild from scratch given a very sharp decline in financial support.
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wareyin
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OMG, people are no longer giving money to the podcast you like? How very dare they! Why, there should be a law forcing people to pay for what d4m10n likes! Otherwise it's cancel culture!
d4m10n
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Every time you pull out this trope I ask you the same question: Who said anything about lawmaking?
wareyin
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Ok. What is your proposal to force people to pay for the content you like when they no longer wish to pay for it?
d4m10n
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wareyin
Penultimate Amazing
Seems we're stuck in a do loop.
Yep. The one where you pretend force has only one meaning while you whine that people not paying for content they don't want is "cancel culture".
d4m10n
Penultimate Amazing
Here (once again) is the definition of cancel culture:
People are demonstrably withdrawing support from the show, after the main host did and/or said something objectionable or offensive.
wareyin
Penultimate Amazing
And to fix this, d4m10n proposes...?
You want people to be compelled in some way to continue to support what you like. Here's a better idea: why don't you complain about the main host doing the bad thing that drove away his supporters, rather than complaining that people don't like it when someone does a bad thing.
d4m10n
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What have I ever written that gave you this idea?
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That’s called boycotting - a term in use since the 19th century - Interesting etymology: “the name of Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832–97), an Irish land agent so treated in 1880, in an attempt instigated by the Irish Land League to get rents reduced…”
wareyin
Penultimate Amazing
Pretty much every time you complain that your preferred content isn't making enough money and that's Cancel culture ooooooh.
Let's circle back to my suggestion that you snipped for some (totally obvious) reason: Why don't you complain about the hosts of your shows doing the bad things, rather than the fact that people don't want to pay for the bad things they don't like?