Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring out of 'fear'

Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by jtbayly on Monday March 01, 2021 @09:22PM (#26311208)

It doesn’t matter. Either way you are not dealing with cancel culture. You are dealing with somebody who has gone on the record s as opposing the fundamental goals of the organization she works for. As I said before, of course you get fired.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by dragonwriter on Monday March 01, 2021 @09:55PM (#26311395)

Virtually every instance of firing or other institutional disaffiliation attributed to “cancel culture” follows the same pattern: someone—inside or outside an institution—complains to an institution (of those within it empowered to make decisions on this kind of issue) with an allegation that the institutions relationship with someone violates what they perceive to be the fundamental values of the institution, the institution reviews and reaches a similar conclusion, and the relationship is terminated.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by jtbayly on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @09:52AM (#26315894)

That’s like equating a cruise missile with a cap gun because “they both just make explosions.”

This comment is a fine answer to your ideas: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26311621

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