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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9407219" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I would also like to point out, since the cancel culture aspect is being mentioned, that many many famous people have very very loudly talked about how they have been cancelled. They have spoken about it at length, on news shows that pay them to speak, and on podcasts that invite them to come on, and in their book deals that they sign, and on their brand new show they got because they have been canceled. Most of the rich and famous people crying about how cancelled they are... just got a nasty tweet that they used to make even more money and be heard even louder. Have there been a few people who lost their jobs among the poorer folk? Well... sometimes. But usually those people didn't get canceled... they got fired for breaking their company's policies. And it is ALWAYS for something they chose to do. On the other side of the spectrum, people don't say they have been &quot;cancelled&quot;. They get threats, death threats, threats of violence, threats against their family. They often don't get fired for something they did, but for who they are. And that is thankfully rare to see happen, because it is illegal. But it happens quietly and behind the scenes more often than not.So, honestly, I'm not very concerned about those who claim to have been cancelled. The majority of them either broke the law (hey, turns out, sending death threats to people is illegal, who'd have thunk it) or just got some internet backlash that they turned into notoriety and fame. All while getting to play the victim. Because they couldn't get away with what they thought they could get away with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9407219, member: 6801228"] I would also like to point out, since the cancel culture aspect is being mentioned, that many many famous people have very very loudly talked about how they have been cancelled. They have spoken about it at length, on news shows that pay them to speak, and on podcasts that invite them to come on, and in their book deals that they sign, and on their brand new show they got because they have been canceled. Most of the rich and famous people crying about how cancelled they are... just got a nasty tweet that they used to make even more money and be heard even louder. Have there been a few people who lost their jobs among the poorer folk? Well... sometimes. But usually those people didn't get canceled... they got fired for breaking their company's policies. And it is ALWAYS for something they chose to do. On the other side of the spectrum, people don't say they have been "cancelled". They get threats, death threats, threats of violence, threats against their family. They often don't get fired for something they did, but for who they are. And that is thankfully rare to see happen, because it is illegal. But it happens quietly and behind the scenes more often than not. So, honestly, I'm not very concerned about those who claim to have been cancelled. The majority of them either broke the law (hey, turns out, sending death threats to people is illegal, who'd have thunk it) or just got some internet backlash that they turned into notoriety and fame. All while getting to play the victim. Because they couldn't get away with what they thought they could get away with. [/QUOTE]

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