Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@page88 @adamdavidson @davidshor @jonronson Well, a couple thoughts. One reason cancel culture is a flawed term is that its connotation is so negative it's almost baked into the denotation, but then it's so hard to define in a coherent and principled way without having some "good" cancellations. But if we dig deeper — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 20, 2022

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@adamdavidson @page88 @davidshor @jonronson The threat to democracy and civic culture that emerges when vast numbers of people are self-censoring about hotly contested matters that we're still adjudicating, as opposed to settled taboos--I don't think self-censoring is a problem, e.g., when it merely means no using slurs — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 20, 2022

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@page88 @adamdavidson @davidshor @jonronson I would point out that fabulism, to use the SG example, was a clearly established rule, violation of which got one fired; that the firing was due to the outcome of an investigation that correctly found him guilty, not caving to a pressure campaign; that the sin was — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 20, 2022