[Misc] Cancel Culture/Online Shaming

Brighton Lines said:

is anyone else finding this 'cancel culture' a bit disturbing ? Like some in society have a self announced moral high ground of unforgiving totalitarian absolutism. Should I buy a lantern and a pitchfork ? Is there some hand held device that I can run my thoughts through ? I don't want hordes standing outside clanging symbols at night should I accidentally use the wrong words. It's not easy being a child of the 70s.

I'm really happy at the progress our society is making towards equality and rooting out prejudice. But I don't enjoy this judgmental atmosphere that I think is more about ego than reasoned opinion and healthy discourse.

Whilst I think it's only right to outlaw hate speech, surely you cannot change people's outlook by shutting them down.

(* Can any PPF groupies refrain from commenting until later on to give this column a chance of avoiding the Bear Pit)

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GingerBeerMan said:

What is cancel culture

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spence said:

Cancel culture and yet you are part of it by not allowing certain posters to air there views? Deary me.

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spence said:

Cancel culture and yet you are part of it by not allowing certain posters to air there views? Deary me.

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Swansman said:

All the dystopians have predicted it in different ways, and it will only grow stronger. It is here to stay. And as a believer in the great conspiracy, I believe it is manufactured rather than dynamic or random as most believe. However, the beliefs of us conspiracy theorists were among the first to be "cancelled", and so the common perspective that this is a natural development is going to get the upper hand once those who oppose it realise that dissidence is self-destruction.

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Brighton Lines said:

'Cancel culture refers to the popular practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. Cancel culture is generally discussed as being performed on social media in the form of group shaming'

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spence said:

Well that definition isn't really true is it? The real definition is a Witch hunt by the far left including the left leaning media to bring down anybody who they don't agree with.

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Brighton Lines said:

'Cancel culture refers to the popular practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. Cancel culture is generally discussed as being performed on social media in the form of group shaming'

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Weststander said:

But Icke goes from strength to strength, a huge global following.

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Brighton Lines said:

Mostly the left wing groups, but much of our popular media is right leaning and can also indulge when it suits politically.

I'm left of centre and I don't like it. Neither do a significant percentage of other left of centre folk I know.

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spence said:

Not true. BBC, Sky News Channel 4 are left leaning

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Brighton Lines said:

Yet left wingers argue otherwise.

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BadFish said:

Companies spends millions trying to align themselves with us and convince us that they in someway represent us.

Surely we see allowed to spend our money elsewhere if we don't want to support tax dodging, unfair or unpleasant companies.

We have very little power aside from our vote and our purchasing choices.

Not buying stuff from Amazon (sorry Bozza) as my small protest on treating staff like shit and avoiding paying tax is surely my right?

Is this an example of cancel culture?

Am I barking up the wrong tree here?

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