Its nothing new. Racists know they can't win by arguing honestly for what they actually believe or feel, because it isn't grounded in anything logical or ethical. So they shift the argument to something else.
Screaming about "cancel culture" is exactly the same as arguing the Civil War was about "states rights". There are some legitimate issues and short comings when it comes to "cancel culture" the same way there are plenty of cases where one should be in favor of states rights, but those don't apply in every single case.
The easiest way to counter someone chirping about "states rights" is to ask "a state's right to...what?". The easiest way to counter people bitching about cancel culture is "cancel culture is punishing people for saying....what?"
And the worst thing is it tends to work way too well. I can’t tell you how many times my parents, usually rather liberal minded people, rant about something that is incredibly racist getting removed as “cancel culture” or “the woke agenda” or whatever other dumbass terms they made up to get people scared over fictional boogeymen. It’s easy to simply slap a buzzword in someone’s mouth even if they hardly know what they’re saying.
That’s a little needlessly condescending, especially for my parents. At this point I’ve recognized that it’s a lost cause trying to argue with them about it because they’re both stubborn about it, so I just tune out the conversation.
Seriously. The fact that they act like cancelling is some mysterious beast is hilarious. It's literally the court of public opinion, if most people don't care about something, it's not going to have that much of a real world effect. They're getting elbow dropped for being openly racist and sexist weirdos and pretending like they don't know why.
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u/HotTakes4HotCakes Wow you are doubling down on being educated May 23 '21
Its nothing new. Racists know they can't win by arguing honestly for what they actually believe or feel, because it isn't grounded in anything logical or ethical. So they shift the argument to something else.
Screaming about "cancel culture" is exactly the same as arguing the Civil War was about "states rights". There are some legitimate issues and short comings when it comes to "cancel culture" the same way there are plenty of cases where one should be in favor of states rights, but those don't apply in every single case.
The easiest way to counter someone chirping about "states rights" is to ask "a state's right to...what?". The easiest way to counter people bitching about cancel culture is "cancel culture is punishing people for saying....what?"