darthfabulous42069

Good people don’t get “canceled”.

I'm sorry but that's just naive.

Who cares what they think.

I do, because those people are either my employers or my customer base, and I need their money to survive.

If we lived in a perfect world where everyone had their own 40 acres and a mule and didn't have to depend on other people to survive, I'd believe you. But we don't, and as a member of society I am dependent on these people to live.

And most people are aware of this, and don't really want to give a meaningful answer to my question because that would mean losing the power they wield over me, so the only meaningful response is to dismiss the reality of the situation or wrongly frame it as an emotional issue when it is anything but. My fear over it is extremely justified. People, including rich and powerful celebrities, have lost everything over this.

Take Sinead O'Connor, for example, who was cancelled in the 90's for opposing the Catholic Church and trying to expose their sex abuse scandal. And she died, her reputation having never really been repaired, in the U.S. at least.

It matters. It's real. And it's a very, very valid concern. What other people think doesn't just matter, it means everything if one wants to live.

Normal people don’t just up and believe anything they are told by some rando.

Uh... MAGA? Trump? Alex Jones? Hello?

And this is where you lost me. It's a very real and very easily observable phenomenon; you can do a quick search on Twitter or Google (such as they are) and see for yourself it's a very real and very frightening phenomenon.

I'm sorry you don't take the problem seriously, but don't jump on me to make yourself feel better over it.

Thank you for being the one person taking me seriously here.

Well, I thank you for answering the question, at least.

What happens when those that still keep going make up the vast majority of the population, including your customer base and/or employers?

What happens when people just lie and make shit up about you, and the population refuses to listen to the truth because the lie resonates with their political beliefs?

I wonder if it's even possible to do that legally in the U.S. anymore.

You must have been living under a rock the past decade then.

It is an emotional problem. I own part of a business and it’s nearly impossible to “cancel” me.

EDIT: Never mind, I know you'll purposefully with-hold a straight answer because you think the fact that I am worrying about this is a moral failing on my part and you are trying to condition me to adopt your way of thinking. And that's sick. It's also a pretty good example of what I'm talking about so keep going

I'm not worried about my ego, I'm worried about my livelihood, my dreams and my life. It's so easy to dismiss the problem by wrongly framing it as an emotional one instead of treating it like the real threat that it is. It's a lot harder to acknowledge there's a serious problem here that everyone, not just myself, has to worry about.

Ordinary people get cancelled all the time whether they deserve it or not, too, so we can't reasonably just assume nobody will care. People clearly do.

That is absolutely horrific. 😢

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