[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

As for how the above is related to "cancel culture" - the reason that academics and professionals are not having these discussions or doing this research is not that they are literally not allowed to do so. They simply won't do it because of the fear that doing so will lead to being targeted, doxxed or losing their livelihood. That is the effect of "cancel culture". Not people actually being cancelled, but social control using fear. People just won't go there in the first place.

And there you have it, people are scared of something because bad faith actors are causing hysteria by amplifying a minority of voices that have no real effect, like you said, people aren’t actually being cancelled, but people are told people are being cancelled, that is the control that is happening, it’s a tactic old as time, it’s how we got Brexit, it’s how we got Trump and it’s how we got Johnson, minority cases are taken, exploited, amplified and distorted, misinformation is spread and fear ensues, it’s gas lighting 101, are there horrible abusive people out there? Of course there are, there always will be, but they’ll never be the majority and they’ll never really have any real power or influence