The Thread of Cancellation

Stephen · 01-10-2021, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WWWP

The joke is... hence the humor.

Ah yes, I humour.

WWWP · 01-10-2021, 05:21 PM

Ariel Pink got dropped from Mexican Summer lol. Still no word from R Stevie Moore afaik.

“Welcome to the panoptigan [sic]. they wasted no time…save yourselves friends, cancel me now and turn me in before they come for you,” Pink wrote, adding, “Vote for trump.”

The Batlord · 01-10-2021, 05:24 PM

Vote Trump and vote often apparently.

Trollheart · 01-10-2021, 07:37 PM

Vote Rump.

**Marie Monday** · 01-11-2021, 02:49 AM

Ok boomer

Also, being banned from the roxy is not the same as being cancelled

**Marie Monday** · 01-11-2021, 03:21 AM

Yes, it's an entirely different thing and it also was much worse. That doesn't mean cancel culture is harmless

~~jwb~~ · 01-11-2021, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

you're right, it's a lot worse

artists could be outta work for insulting the Queen or using vulgar language

the FCC raided Jell-O Biafra for the vulgar cover art on FrankenChrist

people on the left historically fought Real censorship from institutions with Real power

what passes for Free Speech advocacy these days (tolerate my intolerance) is so unbelievable

yawn. who gives a ****? all the battles of the past were more significant than the battles of today because you get diminishing returns since the bigger battles have already been fought.

somehow this is used to rationalize how online mob justice is a good/benign thing? I'm not even saying its a huge issue.... imo this **** gets paid way too much attention from both sides.

~~jwb~~ · 01-11-2021, 03:42 AM

I'm not even referring to that specific example ftr cause I haven't followed it at all. People who follow this kinda **** are cancer. People cheerleading someone else's demise. Regardless of what they did. People just get a kick out of tearing someone down who is more important than them. Cause they'll never achieve ****. Never be important. So the one consolation prize is watching the downfall of others.

~~jwb~~ · 01-11-2021, 04:56 AM

Calling someone out for anything is fine.... but the reality is that mob justice results in trying to destroy people not just call them out

and if you wanna destroy some celebrity cause they said something you don't approve of to me that's just peasants looking for a power trip cause normally they have no power

~~jwb~~ · 01-11-2021, 05:24 AM

who cares though? I don't understand what kind of person is actually invested in watching someone suffer retribution for being stupid/hateful/whatever.

People are ****ing animals across the board. The average person could easily be cancelled for **** they did or said, if only they were important enough. But they're not.

01-10-2021, 07:37 PM	#54 (permalink)
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01-11-2021, 03:42 AM	#58 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I'm not even referring to that specific example ftr cause I haven't followed it at all. People who follow this kinda ** are cancer. People cheerleading someone else's demise. Regardless of what they did. People just get a kick out of tearing someone down who is more important than them. Cause they'll never achieve **. Never be important. So the one consolation prize is watching the downfall of others.

01-11-2021, 04:56 AM	#59 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Calling someone out for anything is fine.... but the reality is that mob justice results in trying to destroy people not just call them out and if you wanna destroy some celebrity cause they said something you don't approve of to me that's just peasants looking for a power trip cause normally they have no power

01-11-2021, 05:24 AM	#60 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	who cares though? I don't understand what kind of person is actually invested in watching someone suffer retribution for being stupid/hateful/whatever. People are **ing animals across the board. The average person could easily be cancelled for ** they did or said, if only they were important enough. But they're not.