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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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There's a large difference between Cancel Culture and what they discuss in the Harper's article- please go read it. And again, many signatories to the Harper's article later retracted or were uncomfortable once they found out who else signed it.
are there incidents of false virtue signalling leading to poor societal outcomes? Yeah, I can think of some notable ones. E.g. those white ladies who burnt down a wendys in the states in the name of George Floyd. But the list of incidents of racism leading to poor societal outcomes would be much longer... Deflecting from the main point of this conversation (eliminating racist imagery from pro sports) and saying it's an element of cancel culture is certainly the act of a racist or bigot who is trying to change the nature of the conversation. It's not about "too many things getting shut down for opinions". it's about these specific teams continuing to use imagery that is obviously injurious for sections of the population.