▲ 967 ▼ His supporters have now made a website called Cancel the Hate to tattle on people to their employers about joking about his death. (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 98 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (4 children) "It's not cancel culture when we do it." permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago The only moral cancel culture is my cancel culture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago Something, something, cancel culture IRL started with disco record burning and the Satanic Panic. Something, something, online cancel culture started with 4chan harassment campaigns, some of which were made to show teen girls that "actions have consequences" (read: slut shame them until they committed suicide, so 4chan people could post "An Hero" memes). permalink fedilink source parent [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago Remember the Dixie chicks permalink fedilink source parent [–] rapchee@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children) it is, but because "the left" has done it for years, decades even, maybe even centuries, it's fair to do it back at them edit: i thought "centuries" would be over the top enough, but i guess not any more, so, to clarify, /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago "Cancel culture" has existed for as long as culture has existed. It has been practiced by essentially everyone at some point, for virtually every reason under the sun. We have called aspects of it boycott, exile, capital punishment/execution, mob rule, etc. I know those are all terms with their own meanings, but they also overlap to certain extent with what we call "cancel culture". permalink fedilink source parent [–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago When has the right been threatened by the government? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago The only moral cancel culture is my cancel culture. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago Something, something, cancel culture IRL started with disco record burning and the Satanic Panic. Something, something, online cancel culture started with 4chan harassment campaigns, some of which were made to show teen girls that "actions have consequences" (read: slut shame them until they committed suicide, so 4chan people could post "An Hero" memes). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago Remember the Dixie chicks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rapchee@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children) it is, but because "the left" has done it for years, decades even, maybe even centuries, it's fair to do it back at them edit: i thought "centuries" would be over the top enough, but i guess not any more, so, to clarify, /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago "Cancel culture" has existed for as long as culture has existed. It has been practiced by essentially everyone at some point, for virtually every reason under the sun. We have called aspects of it boycott, exile, capital punishment/execution, mob rule, etc. I know those are all terms with their own meanings, but they also overlap to certain extent with what we call "cancel culture". permalink fedilink source parent [–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago When has the right been threatened by the government? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago "Cancel culture" has existed for as long as culture has existed. It has been practiced by essentially everyone at some point, for virtually every reason under the sun. We have called aspects of it boycott, exile, capital punishment/execution, mob rule, etc. I know those are all terms with their own meanings, but they also overlap to certain extent with what we call "cancel culture". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago When has the right been threatened by the government? permalink fedilink source parent