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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I'm trying to think of a downside to living in a world where using racist or homophobic language is utterly unacceptable, where bigots know their vile views are unacceptable and my gay and coloured friends no longer have to worry about getting beaten up by some bunch of yahoos randomly, I'm having a hard time thinking of anything right now
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Do you really think Wendy Mesley is a bigot?
One of the ironies of purity spirals is most of the people shamed and cancelled are progressives themselves. That’s inevitable when a movement can never go too far, and true believers gain prestige from denouncing anyone who is even marginally less pure.
Another irony is it’s not minority or marginalized groups themselves driving cancel culture, but a small number of dogmatic white zealots.