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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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Re: The Progressive Thread!
« Reply #345 on: February 22, 2021, 08:23:31 pm »
But I'm asking you.

EDIT: so i looked up and here are a few people who have been "cancelled," their crimes and their punishments:

JK Rowling
Crime: transphobia
Punishment: forced to live in a draughty castle in Scotland and sleep on bags of money

Woody Allen
Crime: accused of sexually molesting his stepdaughter, definitely married his much younger other stepdaughter
Punishment: gets to keep making movies long after anyone cared about his movies

R. Kelly
Crime: literal crimes
Punishment: currently awaiting trail on multiple charges involving child pornography, sexual assault and more

Louis CK
Crime: cranking his hog in front of women without their consent
Punishment: continues to do stand up i guess?

I don't think any of those are likely to be what I would consider 'cancel culture'.   I did a very brief search on Rowling and, from what I understand, she and many other authors are decrying 'cancel culture' which they define as being shamed on social media.  I'm not sure I consider that to be the definition.

When did the definition of 'cancel culture' become "any time someone's Twitter feed is flooded with any dickheads"?   I just think then everything starts to fit the definition.