Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Arelor
From : Jeff
Date : Sat Jan 29 2022 15:40:31

On 29 Jan 2022, Arelor said the following...
 Ar>  > If one's political views are getting cancelled in the name of decency, 
 Ar>  > might be time to re-examine one's political views.
 Ar> THIS is the problem.
 Ar> That it is assumed that the cancel campaign is done in the name of
 Ar> decency and humanity and whatever have you.

Getting one's message out to the public requires a speaker, a forum and an
audience and, perhaps unfortunately, requires the consent of all three.
Should anyone be required to host someone espousing views with which they
disagree? Should anyone be required to entertain the opinions of someone
espousing views with which they disagree? "Cancel culture" does not forbid
the holding of any particular opinions, but neither does it allow anyone to
force their opinions on anyone else. As long as no laws have been broken, one
is in no way protected from the consequences of the beliefs they espouse.

 Ar> Most often it is not.

That would not be my experience.

 Ar> It is a rabid lynch mob fueled by hate attempting to destroy what people
 Ar> is working for in the name of.... something.

I wouldn't say it's as much hate as it is disagreement.

 Ar> Nosolorol is an interesting case because they were brought into the
 Ar> spotlight for dirty business practices such as not paying employees.
 Ar> Once they got sued and they started paying, once the issue had been
 Ar> corrected...
 Ar> ... they got the cancel mob cast on them.

So all should just have been forgiven? Apparently not... You might be
forgetting that a "mob" is composed of individual human beings, each with
their own motivation.

 Ar> For which purpose? Righting a wrong? The wrongs had already been ritghed
 Ar> in court.

Preventing future wrongs by a company that had demonstrated that it would not
right wrongs until they got sued?

 Ar> No, man, it is illogical fear and hate mixed together in a cauldron with
 Ar> no sense of logic, which is then released into the wild. ANd if you come
 Ar> up and say that by boicotting Nosolorol and forcing it into bankrupcy
 Ar> you are gonna get the employees you are trying to protect unemployed,
 Ar> you get added to the list of cancel targets.

Perhaps it's not so much illogical fear and hatred as it is logical judgment
based on past behaviors. What advantage is there in being employed by a
company that has demonstrated a willingness to not pay its employees until it
is sued?

Jeff.

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