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Originally Posted by Igottago
I don't make any claims about her virtue, making claims on her virtue instead of debating what she's saying is the actual problem.
There is little to no difference between "cancel culture" and what they are actually talking about, it's pretty much the same phenomenon. Do some people use that term to justify actual racism? Yes. But there's also a sliver of people that make flimsy or even false claims about racism or other forms of bigotry, as their own attempt to virtue signal, or even their way of using power against others. Both are happening. It's up to sane people to try to keep a grip on reality.
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JK Rowling is mad she can’t be transphobic. It’s unclear whether she is prejudiced or just ignorant between the difference between gender and sex.
Not really the best champion for this.
Where Cancel culture is concerning is in the journalism and academic field. (Note that Wendy Mesley not being able to say N*** is not included in this concern) but there needs to be Academic and journalistic freedom from boundary pushing in those fields. It isn’t as big of issue as many make it out to be.
Outside of that people who make their living in public opinion losing their livelihood because public opinion changes is not a concern. So celebrities and entertainers being canceled is not a concern. Unless of course you are also concerned that a celebrity is created. The rise of celebrity culture certainly is.
If I no longer read Harry Potter because the author has views that I don’t agree with that is a perfectly reasonable outcome.