[The Slim Reaper]

So in a different thread, Oliver said contra points had been cancelled. I had no idea who this person was, so I YT'd them.

Turns out she's a trans woman who makes vids. I watched this vid of hers last night that I think actually provides a perspective that a lot of the forum could do with watching - she points out some of the problems with the trans community - talks about the twitter mob, but also provides a perspective on some of the bigotry issues that I've previously mentioned myself. It's an hour and a half, so prob a bit too long for a lot of folks, but it's there if you want to watch it.

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[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

So in a different thread, Oliver said contra points had been cancelled. I had no idea who this person was, so I YT'd them.



Turns out she's a trans woman who makes vids. I watched this vid of hers last night that I think actually provides a perspective that a lot of the forum could do with watching - she points out some of the problems with the trans community - talks about the twitter mob, but also provides a perspective on some of the bigotry issues that I've previously mentioned myself. It's an hour and a half, so prob a bit too long for a lot of folks, but it's there if you want to watch it.

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I'll watch that later, thanks

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

So in a different thread, Oliver said contra points had been cancelled. I had no idea who this person was, so I YT'd them.

Turns out she's a trans woman who makes vids. I watched this vid of hers last night that I think actually provides a perspective that a lot of the forum could do with watching - she points out some of the problems with the trans community - talks about the twitter mob, but also provides a perspective on some of the bigotry issues that I've previously mentioned myself. It's an hour and a half, so prob a bit too long for a lot of folks, but it's there if you want to watch it.

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Contra

She's also done a video on Cancelling She's been cancelled a few times by the psycho mob, but thankfully always bounces back.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Holiver_and_Ivy

Contra

She's also done a video on Cancelling She's been cancelled a few times by the psycho mob, but thankfully always bounces back.

There's a reason that cancelling is a myth though - public opinion is roughly divided into three camps... two at each extreme who would like to "ban and cancel" and a big lump in the middle that doesn't care enough to be bothered either way). People "get cancelled" but all it does is increase their popularity with the other extreme whilst making no difference to the chunk in the middle. It's just a transfer, not a cancelling.

You can see clear examples of it with someone like Pier Morgan of course. The more he's hated from one end the more he's adored by the other, and he leans into it becoming ever-more deliberately sided with that mindset, and the cycle repeats.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

There's a reason that cancelling is a myth though - public opinion is roughly divided into three camps... two at each extreme who would like to "ban and cancel" and a big lump in the middle that doesn't care enough to be bothered either way). People "get cancelled" but all it does is increase their popularity with the other extreme whilst making no difference to the chunk in the middle. It's just a transfer, not a cancelling.

You can see clear examples of it with someone like Pier Morgan of course. The more he's hated from one end the more he's adored by the other, and he leans into it becoming ever-more deliberately sided with that mindset, and the cycle repeats.

I didn't say I believed in cancel culture to be fair. I think the Contra post above is the first time in ages I've even used those words; and even then as the multiple times Contra has had the hatemob on her doorstep it hasn't resulted in any loss of platform for her, it can't even be called that.

They never really resulted in a transference though, she just lost a few of her more psychotic fans for not being Pure enough.