Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Arelor
From : Jeff
Date : Sat Jan 29 2022 17:56:11

On 29 Jan 2022, Arelor said the following...
 Ar>  > "Cancel culture" is in no way new to either social media or the 21st ce
 Ar>  > For centuries, the Catholic church waged pressure campaigns (far more
 Ar>  > aggressive than what we've been discussing here) on ideas and opinions 
 Ar>  > which they disagreed. You're worried about not being able to sell stuff
 Ar>  > certain market, but people in the past faces being tortured and execute
 Ar>  > some pretty horrendous ways.

 Ar> What I find mostly impressive is that you are able to put out a defense
 Ar> for cancel culture and at the same time show a nice example of cancel
 Ar> culture gone out of control.

The opposite of "cancel culture gone out of control" is not "no cancel
culture." There is, and always has been, a spectrum of "cancel culture" in
society. More importantly, it's not novel to social media.

Jeff.

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