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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by subsubzero on Monday March 01, 2021 @01:41PM (#26306378)
I think that in 50 years, maybe even 20 years cancel culture will be looked at a low point in the culture of the US and its adherents will try to disassociate themselves with it by saying thats how people thought/acted back then(popular sentiment). Similar to McCarthyism and its blacklists which ruined actors/directors, that moment is taught in history books as a backwards time, cancel culture will be similar.
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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by threwawasy1228 on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:32PM (#26307162)
The fact that a cancellation I undergo now will be seen as unjust after I'm elderly does nothing for me.
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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by rossjudson on Monday March 01, 2021 @11:40PM (#26311957)
Yeah, it seems that way to me too. I think it will be viewed as a backwards and sad episode that cost...well, everyone...a great deal.

It's 70% power, 20% revenge, and 10% justice. A cri-de-coeur of the bored. If it happened in an elementary school we'd call it bullying.

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