Cancel culture has gone too far

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Cuddles, Feb 13, 2021.

  1. If no one boycotted the magazine when they made the boston terrorists a star cover model like he was some hero, no one is going to do it now...
     
    #471     Apr 5, 2021
  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Just remember all the women on the left fawning over the Boston terrorist which they believed to be the "hot one".

    Back to the subject... Rolling Stone has a long term record of leaning left but even this is not enough to save them from "Cancel Culture".
     
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    #472     Apr 5, 2021
  3. smallfil

    smallfil

    #473     Apr 5, 2021

  4. I always find that those that make an issue of being offended by something like Rolling Stone were usually not subscribers or anyone intending to. Also when Rolling Stone put the terrorist on their front page I said I would never look at their magazine (but was not a subscriber) but certainly it attracted attention and more readers (no such thing as bad publicity huh).

    So in the end, it gets a lot of social media attention like NIKE did but rarely affects them long term except for really extreme situations like My Pillow haha
     
    #474     Apr 5, 2021
  5. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    You realize anyone can create a cancel mob right? Even GOP PACs can make a "lefty cancel mob" so fox can run a segment
     
    #475     Apr 5, 2021
  6. There is no cancel culture or cancel mob, there is just over sensitivity to offending customers now that did not exist before. Like all pendulums they tend to swing too far to one side before correcting.

    It is not that we never cared before, it is just that social media and cable give voices to the voiceless and to some who should never be allowed to speak. It is hard to separate the two lately unfortunately.

    GOP gets their panties all in a bunch until they realize the far right and religious nuts have no power anymore (remember all those attempts at boycotting shows/companies by religious right..... ZZZzzzz)
     
    #476     Apr 5, 2021
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  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Yeah.... go tell all the people who have been "cancelled" that there is no "cancel culture" or "cancel mob".

    Let's pretend it does not exist so it magically goes away as an issue.
     
    #477     Apr 5, 2021

  8. It means there is no centralized system...people who have been cancelled usually played a role in their demise

    SO who got cancelled by some national centralized mob?
     
    #478     Apr 5, 2021
  9. userque

    userque

    I believe it's:

    GOP gets their panties all in a bunch because they realize the far right and religious nuts have no power anymore.

    What we are witnessing; what we witnessed Jan. 6; is nothing more than desperation.

    Back any animal into a corner, and it's willing to die trying. It feels it has nothing to lose.
     
    #479     Apr 5, 2021
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  10. userque

    userque

    No one is pretending, except those claiming that some new culture is afoot. Boycotts have been around for centuries, at least.

    The people that want to cancel Dr. Seuss, are not necessarily the same people that want to cancel My Pillow.

    Did they say The Civil Rights movement was brought on by the civil rights mob?

    Why do you stigmatize the attempts society is making to improve itself. You never ever answered the question as to whether or not you thought school children should have access to the Dr. Seuss books in questions.

    The merits don't seem to matter to you. You just don't like grassroots movements that change society. I could imagine how you'd felt during The Civil Rights movement ... with all that change going on.

    Your beliefs don't seem to be congruent with democracy.

    In a democracy, The People (The Mob, The Culture, call us what you will, comrade) are the ultimate authority. Period.
     
    #480     Apr 5, 2021