It's pathetic. What's the committee that will determine what exactly 'perpetuates racism'? And where will it draw the line?
Cancel Culture
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Is the common theme we should cancel anyone with links to slavery or have owned slaves?
Hadn’t heard about that. Fecking hell.
Twitter and wherever it wants to, seemingly. Who can shout the loudest?
The worst thing is, as Bill Burr said, it's always only a handful of people. It's a fecking tyranny of a minority. But you're right, those are the ones who shout the loudest...
Mary Poppins is fecked too and not for the savage assault on cockneys by Dick Van Dyke.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/movies/mary-poppins-returns-blackface.html
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory has to be next in the firing line. Those Oompah Loompahs don’t bear much scrutiny.
They've said that the movie will return to HBO max and presented as original but by the sounds of it a disclaimer prior to the start of the movie
Streaming platforms add and remove titles all the time on their service. And there's a ton of precedent for this with disclaimers for movies, cartoons.
I would have thought that under the current circumstances that bias against people who are bright orange is pretty much encouraged.
You're shouting at tea.
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Looks like GWTW has only temporarily been sent to the naughty step.
That new Netflix series Hollywood is almost the opposite of this as it just makes up an alternate 1950s universe where a black woman is lead actress and wins best oscar for a film written by a gay black screenwriter who is out and proud with his boyfriend Rock Hudson all working under a studio run by a woman.
That actually sounds a lot better. The news piece I read didn't mention that extremely important "detail" at all.
Put it this way. If someone chooses to make a career as a social media personality that gets invites on reality TV shows then its clear that part of the job is staying abreast of social media trends to position your online persona in a such a way as to receive invites.
Seems to me she simply wasn't good at her chosen job.
Subbing to this thread so I can take a break from all the feckry going on while pointing and laughing at the whining that'll be going on in here.... Got my Dragon Spouts too.
I think a lot of what this proves is that influencers, just like people, are stupid and in the rush for performative wokeness their stupidity is horribly exposed. But I don't believe that they are KKK, just probably need an education. And maybe even that might not help because some just double-down
Exhibit A - Algerian singer
Exhibit A - Algerian singer
Jaysus.
You can only be cancelled if you have something they can take away, and if you act like you care. Look at what Peter Shilton has been putting on Twitter in the last 24 hours, it's like water off a ducks back.
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Didn’t expect to see The Challenge mentioned on here.
For anyone interested to know, her housemate was attacked online for supposedly protecting her. He subsequently kicked her out of his home and Dee is now checked into a mental health facility.
And just for some added bonus here is the cretin Bayleigh telling another contestant to go to Pakistan.
For anyone interested to know, her housemate was attacked online for supposedly protecting her. He subsequently kicked her out of his home and Dee is now checked into a mental health facility.
And just for some added bonus here is the cretin Bayleigh telling another contestant to go to Pakistan.
And costly. Loads of gyms cancelled their subscriptions which will presumably hurt regular crossfit employees. But who cares about livelihoods when sanctimonious twats on Twitter can feel good about themselves.
It's ridiculous, weaponised and empowers the worst people.
But it's also a side-effect of a greater societal change, so I guess we gotta suck it up.
But it's also a side-effect of a greater societal change, so I guess we gotta suck it up.
To be fair while I agree with the thread sentiment, cancelling influencers is a small step towards better things. If only we could cancel all of them.
If you choose to expand your personal brand on twitter and instagram, which are dominated by idiots, then you can't complain when those same idiots start clawing at you.
If you choose to expand your personal brand on twitter and instagram, which are dominated by idiots, then you can't complain when those same idiots start clawing at you.
Wrong. He's clearly refering to the phenomenon of online vigilantism that has become prevalent at social justice. While it can do some good, it can also do plenty of unwarranted damage. As many have said, it's the rule of the mob. And no civilised society should encourage that to be rampant to the extent it is. A educated society that is aware of its rights and ongoings is good. But one which takes everything in its own hands, is not
That last bit is a good point. I hadn’t thought of it that way before.
'Cancel culture' is a phrase made by the whining right when someone gets held accountable for spouting nonsense.
Going after someone's employer and sponsors has been a tactic for centuries, irrespective of politics.
Going after someone's employer and sponsors has been a tactic for centuries, irrespective of politics.
Weaponising job security and livelihoods is a great way to stick it to the rich and powerful. It will surely never be used against victims of bigotry and classism.
Not having a single social media account, means I can blissfully avoid the particularly acute concentration of stupidity inherent to such platforms. People both say stupid things, and get hounded for stupid reasons. As propagators of both misinformation and mob mentality, a damaging combination, social media is at the root of a lot of worrying socio-cultural phenomena. It’s a warp drive for proliferating ignorance.
I thought his wife was his daughter.
He's got a point there
I don't see any evidence of the bold. If someone decides to try to make a career out of being on social media to get invites to reality TV shows then part of that job is knowing how to read the trends and the audience and present an appealing online persona. She clearly failed miserably. I mean even her husband went on social media to "call out her bullshit" and claim everything she does is for "clout and drama".
It's not hard to see how MTV would see such a person as a liability for their brand and not invite her back. It's an own goal rather than some imagined example of mob rule.
She doesn’t have a husband. The guy who said that is the husband of Bayleigh, who she was arguing with. Both of which were on the same show as Dee.
fair play on the comebackMy wife told me that Stassi from Vanderpump rules got cancelled this week and that they may cancel Jax too. Im still unsure who these people really are, or if they deserve it .
Best news of the week. They're the worst.
This 'phenomenon' has literally never not happened, on every platform since the beginning of time people have done this. Please list all of the incidents where this supposed huge issue has caused all this unwarranted damage. The people that complain about this 'cancel culture' issue like it's some huge thing are mostly just people that are offended and having instinctive reactions to people being called up on stuff they would most likely do/say themselves.
As all things do, cancel culture sometimes goes too far. Same goes for the whole doxxing thing. I think doxxing froman anonymous position should be bannable in any format.
Criticising it is also tough, since people tend to assume that if you dont like cancel culture you must be a twat yourself.
Criticising it is also tough, since people tend to assume that if you dont like cancel culture you must be a twat yourself.
This is what the kids call 'baited'
Notice how there isn't much outrage towards his sponsors, or calls for him to be banned from TV. They know he is a dinosaur and harmless, so they mock him instead.
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