Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-216 hours agoWould it be hypocritical to cancel ‘cancel culture’?message-squaremessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1-22arrow-down1message-squareWould it be hypocritical to cancel ‘cancel culture’?Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-216 hours agomessage-square33linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMichael Douglass@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoCan you use a more clear example? I don’t know exactly what you mean, and I feel this conversation needs me to know exactly what you mean.
minus-squareCyril Strobe@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoFair enough. Basically what I’m saying is, you’re right, it’s because people distort the meaning of something innocuous (I.e. a boycott) into something unpleasant sounding (e.g. cancel culture) for whatever purpose they have.
Can you use a more clear example? I don’t know exactly what you mean, and I feel this conversation needs me to know exactly what you mean.
Fair enough. Basically what I’m saying is, you’re right, it’s because people distort the meaning of something innocuous (I.e. a boycott) into something unpleasant sounding (e.g. cancel culture) for whatever purpose they have.