Unpopular opinion about cancel culture

[BiggerBoss]

This is something that's been on my mind ever since we've seen the results of things like the #metoo movement.

Cancel Culture, for the few good things it has done as far as exposing unrepentant manipulative monsters, has also done alot of harm in going way too far with allegations that are either trivial or sometimes not even true. Also personally, I'm just as tired of people acting like they're smug and better than other people when they see that someone was outed for doing something horrible or disgusting. It makes me think that it's not about being a seeker of moral justice, but just feeling better about yourself and patting yourself on the back after seeing someone's comeuppance. I also feel like, regardless of whether the person truly deserves it or not: Cancel Culture can be mentally taxing and cause more harm than anything the alleged person has done to a victim. Mainly because they have to be reminded of it everyday when just trying to browse the internet or go on the street. It's especially unfair for the few people out there who are genuinely apologetic and want to become better people.

I don't know if I'm alone in feeling this way, but I'm personally just sick of it from all angles. I don't defend the people who have done truly horrible and manipulative things, but at the same time I think the internet and human beings are incredibly unforgiving and negative. There's way too many examples of how even the smallest thing has ruined someone's life as far as the cancel culture lynch mob, but as far as like...the people who were proven innocent or is not a big deal: I'd probably turn to the case of Justine Sacco and Projared most of all if you wanna look into them. I personally try to be positive and think that when someone is held accountable, you want to rehabilitate them for their crimes, such as people like Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein. Even then though, I always feel like constantly putting them down doesn't make us any better people. But i get it, some people are beyond hope. Again I'm just sick of negativity from both sides.

Cancel culture has become nothing more than a witch hunt. You can hold people accountable without being a smug jerk trying to gain clout. Instead try to be better and show that you're someone who wants true morals and justice.

Sorry if this was a long rant, I needed to get that off my chest. I hope people actually read this. I know most people will say "TL;DR". But this is important.

[Nomad]

I think it is hypocritical to push a statue in the river when you drive a mini cooper.

[Phoenix]

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Man, talk about irony.

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[Grynn]

Weaponized stupidity.

[Radene]

In the end, we'll need to live in the world we create. I think that's a bit of karmic justice.

[AD]

Things can have both good and bad sides. We can acknowledge the good while criticizing the bad.

[JobeGardener]

Just more internet dork slang because we all know how much dorks like to use slang.

[Your_White_Knight]

引用自 BiggerBoss：

Unpopular opinion about cancel culture

This is something that's been on my mind ever since we've seen the results of things like the #metoo movement.

Cancel Culture, for the few good things it has done as far as exposing unrepentant manipulative monsters, has also done alot of harm in going way too far with allegations that are either trivial or sometimes not even true. Also personally, I'm just as tired of people acting like they're smug and better than other people when they see that someone was outed for doing something horrible or disgusting. It makes me think that it's not about being a seeker of moral justice, but just feeling better about yourself and patting yourself on the back after seeing someone's comeuppance. I also feel like, regardless of whether the person truly deserves it or not: Cancel Culture can be mentally taxing and cause more harm than anything the alleged person has done to a victim. Mainly because they have to be reminded of it everyday when just trying to browse the internet or go on the street. It's especially unfair for the few people out there who are genuinely apologetic and want to become better people.

I don't know if I'm alone in feeling this way, but I'm personally just sick of it from all angles. I don't defend the people who have done truly horrible and manipulative things, but at the same time I think the internet and human beings are incredibly unforgiving and negative. There's way too many examples of how even the smallest thing has ruined someone's life as far as the cancel culture lynch mob, but as far as like...the people who were proven innocent or is not a big deal: I'd probably turn to the case of Justine Sacco and Projared most of all if you wanna look into them. I personally try to be positive and think that when someone is held accountable, you want to rehabilitate them for their crimes, such as people like Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein. Even then though, I always feel like constantly putting them down doesn't make us any better people. But i get it, some people are beyond hope. Again I'm just sick of negativity from both sides.

Cancel culture has become nothing more than a witch hunt. You can hold people accountable without being a smug jerk trying to gain clout. Instead try to be better and show that you're someone who wants true morals and justice.

Sorry if this was a long rant, I needed to get that off my chest. I hope people actually read this. I know most people will say "TL;DR". But this is important.

Nice text wall...

There was nothing... is nothing... will be nothing "good" about cancel culture ( or what they now call "accountability culture" like it makes it any better, it doesn't ) it's just as it always was... not about morals or justice but about revenge and hate masked as being "correct" and "decent"

No... you're not alone feeling this way... many have ALWAYS felt this way, you're just starting to see the truth of it even though you seem to still be on it's side by saying there was ever any good in it. Hopefully more will see it's true evil nature and stop the witch hunts before they themselves become cancelled by it's own karma when it comes around and cancels them...

[BiggerBoss]

引用自 AD：

Things can have both good and bad sides. We can acknowledge the good while criticizing the bad.

Agreed. I just think that we as a species can do better.

[Gus the Crocodile]

引用自 BiggerBoss：

I also feel like, regardless of whether the person truly deserves it or not: Cancel Culture can be mentally taxing and cause more harm than anything the alleged person has done to a victim. Mainly because they have to be reminded of it everyday when just trying to browse the internet or go on the street. It's especially unfair for the few people out there who are genuinely apologetic and want to become better people.

Wont somebody think of the, uh, abusers??

It is not “unfair” for there to be consequences for ♥♥♥♥♥♥ behaviour.

引用自 BiggerBoss：

I don't know if I'm alone in feeling this way

You are definitely not alone. Moaning about “cancel culture” is practically its own industry by now.

引用自 BiggerBoss：

There's way too many examples of how even the smallest thing has ruined someone's life as far as the cancel culture lynch mob

No there aren’t. There are practically no examples.

引用自 BiggerBoss：

I personally try to be positive and think that when someone is held accountable, you want to rehabilitate them for their crimes, such as people like Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein.

Nobody making mean tweets about sexual abusers is preventing Weinstein from going to therapy.

引用自 BiggerBoss：

Even then though, I always feel like constantly putting them down doesn't make us any better people. But i get it, some people are beyond hope. Again I'm just sick of negativity from both sides.

Then stop reading about these topics? People aren’t going to stop criticising poor behaviour, and nor should they.

引用自 BiggerBoss：

Cancel culture has become nothing more than a witch hunt. You can hold people accountable without being a smug jerk trying to gain clout.

Not if every time someone’s held accountable you’re going to call it “negativity” and complain about it.

引用自 BiggerBoss：

Instead try to be better and show that you're someone who wants true morals and justice.

This is nonsense. Accountability isn’t a competition to be won. You don’t solve a problem by leaving it alone but being better yourself. Not least because you’re already better than comedians who pull their junk out in front of people or whoever, by virtue of not doing that.

[Nomad]

引用自 BiggerBoss：

引用自 AD：

Things can have both good and bad sides. We can acknowledge the good while criticizing the bad.

Agreed. I just think that we as a species can do better.

We can. But the universities are only there to produce income and not excellence anymore. And so this is the garbage we get.

[Your_White_Knight]

引用自 Phoenix：

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- Religious, political, and other “prone to huge arguments” threads

Man, talk about irony.

This has nothing to do with religion or politics... but you did make OP's point about cancel culture

[Fostin4]

The pandemic has shown us that most of these plebs have no hobbies apart from gossips and grand standing on Twatter etc. I pay no attention and enjoy hobbies I had kept on hold before the pandemic.

[Dracoco OwO]

The real question is can we cancel Cancel Culture?

[MikeBob2013]

I think it all started with "Freedom Fries" several years back, and it's only gotten worse since then (much worse).

My mom used to say, "As you sow, so shall you reap," and I only need to take a look at how things are in the world today to know that she was right about that.

No one is guiltless, and anyone who points an accusing finger at anyone else is just a hypocrite.

Including me, which is why I don't take sides in anything anymore.

Here on the Internet, in forums like this one, people fight, bicker, and argue, tooth and nail, night and day, and for what?

At the end of the day, nothing is made any better by it anywhere. And the next day the hostilities pick up right where they left off the day before.