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Someone please define for me the distinction between someone being "Cancelled" and "Paying a real reputational price." https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1356438623827226624
It looks like, in follow-up posts, he very narrowly defines "Cancelling" someone as them being specifically fired.
That's so narrow a usage as to be meaningless. It *rarely* happens, and is not what the people who complain about "cancel culture" point to.
That's so narrow a usage as to be meaningless. It *rarely* happens, and is not what the people who complain about "cancel culture" point to.
"Gratuitously fired for minor offenses" is his definition.
Which brings the followup questions:
Gratuitous is a qualitative judgement. Who makes that judgement?
Minor, likewise. What makes something minor?
Who is an authority in that regard?
Which brings the followup questions:
Gratuitous is a qualitative judgement. Who makes that judgement?
Minor, likewise. What makes something minor?
Who is an authority in that regard?
According to many on the right wing, a repeated pattern of 'racially charged' (read: racist and barely polite about it) language is minor.
Whereas a criticism of the policies of the Israeli state, or a discussion of our response to it as anything other than "Fawning Support"...?
Whereas a criticism of the policies of the Israeli state, or a discussion of our response to it as anything other than "Fawning Support"...?
