Leftist Authoritarianism (We Only Burn the Bad Books)

[uebermann]

Hah, when did Dylan become a stay-at-home-mom overdosing on right-wing memes from Conservatives Are True Americans Facebook groups?

Not all ideas are worth listening to, it's as simple as that. I'm not going to entertain some nut that has to resort to conspiracy theories and racism to try and make a point. If you want to call that "cancel culture" then by all means, include me in that list.

People like Milo Yiannopolous, Alex Jones, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, and others of that ilk that do nothing but spew vitriol don't deserve to be heard. If protesting at a campus for a day gets their event cancelled, so much the better. It is not about shutting down the exchange of ideals so much as it is telling people that can do nothing but shout hatred that they have no place in modern society. Used to be a lot easier to do back in the day. If they cannot exchange thoughts and have a discussion about things like an adult, to hell with them. Its the check that is needed in a society of "free speech" where people don't know that they don't have a right to a platform every time they want it and definitely don't have the right to have freedom of consequences for the stupid shit they say.

And the thing is, we don't even have to go back that far in history to see WHY letting unfettered hatred go unchecked is a bad thing for everyone.

People are getting absolutely fed up with the constant hatred that comes from the right from nearly all sources, including the POTUS. Violence begets violence. Hatred begets Hatred. You keep poking the bear, the bear is going to finally have enough of it and fight back. What we are seeing now is people fighting back, and its about damn time.

Now, that pendulum may swing too far to the left on the next tick as a result, but that is an issue to deal with when that starts actually happening.

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[Philly]

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[uebermann]

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Lee Fang will have more work than he can handle in the foreseeable future. Getting cancelled by Twitter folk and progressive media is like getting handed a gold-plated cheque for several million dollars, in addition to standing offers from every dipshit agency that claims journalism is srs bidness.

I will never understand why any of you care. The net result is that a horrifically bad organization loses an apparently good journalist, who will now have vastly expanded job opportunities. God willing, he strikes out on his own and gets a Patreon.

More pointedly, the notion that consumer advocacy and listening to your enraged readership constitutes tyranny is obvious hyperbolic nonsense. It should be dismissed immediately. That is how for-profit corporations have always worked. What is new is the ability of average folk to leverage the internet to force the issue.

Why this pisses off some folk is simple: they believe the right to cancel people should be reserved for the elite, which they invariably consider themselves part of. Now that it belongs to everyone via social media, the complaining starts. Nothing has changed about how these companies operate, or their supposed commitment to honest journalism. Just who gets to choose the sacrificial lamb.

If given the opportunity, many of us here would gladly destroy the careers of journalists we dislike, even using dishonest means. If Tucker Carlson got booted off the air because of an pedophile accusation that was later disproven, my response would be laughter, and joy. If I had the ability to spread this rumour effectively myself, I'd hit that share button without hesitation.

Also, f**k you Philly.

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[ToddStarnes]