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Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong by newacct583 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @08:16PM (#25054443)
Yeah, exactly. People who want to scream about how Shor got cancelled have zero interest in actually discussing anything Shor writes.

That said, and to be perfectly clear: Civis should not have fired Shor. It was very bad. (To be fair in the other direction: the guy is a known genius in leftie political circles and my understanding is that he's done very well for himself since termination as an independent consultant.) But really it's the only good example of the "Cancel Culture" paranoia, so right wingers feel the need to trot out the argument every time his name comes up.

Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong by alentist on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:22AM (#25056223)
> it's the only good example of the "Cancel Culture"

Here's a few more: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1282404647160942598.html

Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong by joijoiwejrr on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @05:38AM (#25057244)
It astonishes me that anyone can think "cancel culture" is a right-wing myth.
Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong by klipt on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @10:49PM (#25055327)
> Civis should not have fired Shor. It was very bad.

Why, because you agree with his politics? That doesn't seem like a very objective way to determine who we should or shouldn't cancel.

Re:One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong by newacct583 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:12PM (#25055436)
No, because what he said was a factual analysis and the outrage was about its conclusions. I very much agree with his politics.