Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Jeff
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Jan 31 2022 03:49:12

  Re: Re: Computer Kits
  By: Jeff to boraxman on Mon Jan 31 2022 12:15 am

 > How is deciding not to do business with a company due to their beliefs
 > different from being obligated to destroy a company because of their beliefs
 > One does what is within one's power to do, regardless of the end goal.
 > 

The 1st  is the equivalent of shrugging, saying you don't want to deal with the
company anymore, walking away and ignoring the company for the rest of your
days.

The 2nd is the equivalent of grabbing a flamming torch and gathering a bunch of
drunken friends, walking up to the firm's location, and threatening to bring
total destruction if the firm does not give you what you want.

One is peaceful, the other is destructive.

I find the bullying equivalence to be particularly acurate, to be honest.
Bullying and mobbing are among the most widespread ways in which society
imposes conformity. If you try to be friends with the impopular kid, the other
kids will mark you as a bullying target as a mean to ensure only the popular
positions remain strong in the group. Kids (and adults) reinforce their own
sense of identity by dogpiling on people they identified as outsiders to their
tribe. This effect has also been described. Nobody gets bullied for siding with
the popular kid, it is always the kids which are different or have a different
background or befriend impopular kids who are targetted.

Cancel campaigns are like Japanesse style bullying. Japanesse style bullying
consists on isolating the target by not deigning to play with him, not deigning
to sit near him, and walking away when he is near. It is rules & law compliant
because it is passive-aggressive and nobody gets directly threatened or
insulted. It is also regarded as a very aggressive and destructive way to wear
a kid down.

People commits suicide over this sort of thing. And the other kids did nothing
which was not their right to do. Which is yet another example of why I think
that using the fact you have the right to do something is not a good
justification for doing it.

The question here would be why would one defend political social media bullying
when we collectively frown on the same tool being used everywhere else.

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