• Ogmios@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        Shame everyone got on a hardcore vindictive streak against every perceived ‘microagression’ a decade or so ago.

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          There’s thousands upon thousands of famous people. Why waste your time following or supporting someone that you feel is not a good person? Turns out a lot of people feel that same way, hence someone being “cancelled”. No one went on a “hardcore vindictive streak” to get these people cancelled.

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            4 months ago

            Oh please. People were swinging that stick around blindly. Sure there were some legitimately bad actors hurt, but the damage it did to society as a whole has been incalculable, as every random idiot with a grudge felt empowered to wield it as a weapon against everyone around them.

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              4 months ago

              This guy is a bad example. Can we have this debate when it’s someone worth the effort? This guy is a huge asshole and I’m willing to ‘no contest’ his cancelling.

              Fight the next one. I beg you.

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                4 months ago

                I’m responding to the person saying they miss when people had fun on TV. That doesn’t happen anymore because too many vindictive assholes feel empowered to ruin people’s lives without a second thought in our current culture.

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                4 months ago

                How about the random people harassed/shamed for the great sin of… spreading their legs on the bus? People were absolutely psychotic in their zeal to attack anyone they could for any reason they could conceive.

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                    4 months ago

                    Yes. Turning regular people against each other for such tiny perceived sleights has done incredible damage to the cohesion of our society.