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Re:Open letter from computer scientists to ACM opposing canc... by softwaredoug on Thursday December 31, 2020 @04:25PM (#25597332)
I wish we had a better working definition of “cancel culture” because it seems to encompass everything from boycotting advertisers, to organizations restricting individuals access to “neutral” platforms... to firing individuals for their views
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Re:Open letter from computer scientists to ACM opposing canc... by drewcoo on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:28PM (#25598472)
That's the point. It's a bogeyman. We'd likely have a war on cancel culture but nobody has figured out how to make a buck on that yet.
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