• meep_launcher@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Exactly. Historically the left cancel culture has been in the private sector, which is protected. A company can fire you for saying racist shit, and you can be shunned by your community as they are individuals exercising their right to shun.

    Right wing cancel culture exists in Congress and local governments, where they pass laws to silence teachers, make it illegal for trans people to exist, and send the national guard to beat up protesters.

    This is an instance where a left wing group may experience the other side of the former.

    Edit:

    It seems I didn’t communicate my idea clearly and people think the exact opposite of what I meant. I meant left wing folks tend to cancel people through social means, like when no one wants to see a film with Kevin Spacey, whereas the right wing folks cancel people legally, like how you can’t be a communist in office or it’s illegal for an atheist to hold office in 7 states.

    My last statement is how students having trouble getting a job is part of a “social canceling”.

    I was super confused as to why I was getting down voted since I was trying to agree with what was being said and add to the conversation.