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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 8321320" data-attributes="member: 553">Unfortunately it's a tactic of the bigoted aggressors to claim their "persecution" is equivalent, hence the both sides thing. And sometimes otherwise reasonable people fall for it.As has been said before (not in this thread, surprisingly), it's not "cancellation", it's "consequences". Labeling something "cancel culture" is often used as a way to dismiss legitimate criticism.I will also say, I do agree with an earlier poster mentioning that in this age of instant reaction online, the swift and overwhelming judgement over much more minor infractions, or even mere innuendo, can be unnecessarily harsh. It has been weaponized by - dare I say - both sides, as a means to simply silence or ignore those we disagree with, rather than engage in any meaningful dialogue.What I'm trying to say is, sometimes the mob reaction is appropriate, sometimes it's not.I've also seen suggested elsewhere online that the whole concept of "cancelling" someone has lost it's meaning. "Cancelling" is seen as a hostile act by the "woke" mob (another word that is no longer terribly useful as it's been turned into a insulting, dismissive label by those that oppose it's original meaning)."Boycott". Now there's a word. "Lawsuit" is another. I think TSR will suffer both consequences for their behavior since "launch", though for different reasons.</blockquote>