Cancel Culture

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I don't understand what the problem is? People who want to "cancel" celebrities stop watching/listening. Companies that don't want to deal with bullshit fire the cancelled douches. People who still like the cancelled douches continue to support the douches.

I don't understand how anyone can think Louis C.K. didn't get what he deserved. He was my favorite comedian. I watched ALL of his stuff. I thought he was profound and hilarious. He's a pervert. I don't watch his shit now that I know that.

I feel much the same about Bill Cosby. I thought he was funny and talented. Then when it turned out he'd spend years drugging and raping women, I decided that I could not, in good conscience, continue with him.

Boru

[Shell B]

Yeah, Cosby is a creepshow.

[GrandizerII]

Not a fan of the mob mentality at all that can be seen on platforms like Twitter and such (because the behaviour itself is often sheeplike, done automatically and without adequate awareness), but this is an issue that happens among various populations and isn't just restricted to the left only. And I've almost definitely been a part of such mobs one time or another, so it's certainly something I have to always monitor myself to avoid doing.

That said, I think people who whine about "cancel culture" need to get a grip and understand the impact words and actions committed by celebrities can have on certain groups. If it's some "mildly" offensive stuff you said that you know you shouldn't have said, fuck your ego and learn to own up to what you said and apologize in a manner that shows you acknowledge that what you did was wrong without making stupid excuses and then blaming others. That's if you feel bad, of course. If you don't give a shit, then you don't give a shit and shouldn't complain anyway then.

If you said some really offensive stuff, just as you have the right to express your really offensive view, people have the right to express offense at what you said. It's stupid to complain about them doing so (though you have the right to be an egotistical whiner, obviously).

And if it's all because of something really bad that you did that physically harmed others, you deserve what you get.

So the problem really is with?

ETA: In case of genuinely false accusations, yeah that one sucks big time. But if that has ever happened, I think the person being accused has the right to do what they can to clear their name. I never understood why they're legally advised to remain silent on the accusation if that just makes people suspect guilt on their part, but whatever.

[Little lunch]

Cancel culture has always existed.
Dob someone in and get them fired and then people will be weary of you.
It gives you power.
All you end up with is a bunch of people who do not believe in what you do but act like they do cause their scared.

[tackattack]

when did people's opinions start to matter more than facts? How many unsolicited opinions before something is harassment? It's good to be "woke". It's good to have an informed opinion. It's good to stand up for what's right. But screaming from mountaintop to mountaintop hasn't seemed to work over the years and doesn't seem to be now either. /2 cents on the OP topic