Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoWould it be hypocritical to cancel ‘cancel culture’?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1-20arrow-down1message-squareWould it be hypocritical to cancel ‘cancel culture’?Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMichael Douglass@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoCan you use a more clear example? I don’t know exactly what you mean, and I feel this conversation needs me to know exactly what you mean.
minus-squareCyril Strobe@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoFair enough. Basically what I’m saying is, you’re right, it’s because people distort the meaning of something innocuous (I.e. a boycott) into something unpleasant sounding (e.g. cancel culture) for whatever purpose they have.
minus-squareMichael Douglass@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoSo you’re anti-cancel culture as a term?
Can you use a more clear example? I don’t know exactly what you mean, and I feel this conversation needs me to know exactly what you mean.
Fair enough. Basically what I’m saying is, you’re right, it’s because people distort the meaning of something innocuous (I.e. a boycott) into something unpleasant sounding (e.g. cancel culture) for whatever purpose they have.
So you’re anti-cancel culture as a term?