Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ...
by slothtrop on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:10PM
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Tell that to David Shor, among others - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/david-shor-cancel-cu...
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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ...
by tstrimple on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:22PM
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From your article:
> Shor is still consulting in Democratic politics, but he is no longer working for a firm that restricts his freedom to publicly opine.
This is why claims of "cancel culture" aren't taken seriously. If he was "cancelled", but is still gainfully employed in the field of his choice and expertise what does "cancelled" really mean?
Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ...
by slothtrop on Monday March 01, 2021 @07:57PM
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Not being fucking fired, for one. Seems like a pretty bad faith sentiment. Not everyone fares as well finding work after cancel-culture has its way.
Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ...
by tstrimple on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @12:06PM
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It's always amazing to me that so many proponents of "at will employment" suddenly run into issues with it when they are the ones suffering consequences for their own actions. It's fine when trans folk are fired for simply being trans, but when a someone is fired for a racist tweet then all of our liberties are somehow at stake. People get fired all the time for terrible reasons. People fired for their social media activities aren't special in any way.
Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ...
by eternalban on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:25PM
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2017;
https://citizentruth.org/nyu-professor-interview-propaganda-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Crispin_Miller
2020: "As of September 2020, Miller is under a behavioral review by New York University ...".
An 'educational moment' for NYU students and faculty ..
>> There's ample evidence that the current is the greatest opportunity for dissenting thought and opinion to have massive reach without much consequence or effort.
.. and possibly your GP.